Comets normally start out as dust, rocky material and ice, she said. When comets are far away from the sun, they appear dimmer and hard to spot. As they get closer to the sun and that ice begins ...

It erupted from the far side of the sun and was accompanied ... Because the blast was on the side of the sun facing away from us, however, its impacts on our planet were greatly reduced.

Spring may feel far away, but the mid-Hudson Valley is ... Also known as the spring equinox, the Earth's axis is not titled toward or away from the sun on that Thursday in March, according to ...

During this circuit, our planet is an average of 93 million miles away from the sun, a distance that takes light about eight minutes to traverse. Astronomers define this distance as one ...