Happy Aphelion Day! Earth is at its farthest from the sun for 2023 today

Researchers Identify The Most Voracious Predator The Earth Has Ever Known

W Herschel used a 10 foot telescope to study the Sun in 1801 and hypothesized that the sun was a solid Earth-like sphere with atmosphere. 60 years later, J Herschel noted that patterns on the solar surface could be igneous snowflakes, giant fish swimming in the photosphere, or monsters

Earth formed from dry, rocky building blocks