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What causes the seasons?
In many parts of the world, weather cycles through the four seasons like clockwork:...
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What is the summer solstice?
Learn more about the summer solstice, the day the Sun travels the longest path through...
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Earth's orbit
Earth is on average approximately 149.6 million km (about 92.96 million miles) away...
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positions of the equinoxes
Celestial spheres showing the positions of the equinoxes.
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sunlight strikes parts of Earth differently
The primary cause of Earth's seasons is the change in the amount of sunlight reaching...
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Seasonal configuration of Earth and Sun
Earth's orbit around the Sun, with the positions of solstices and equinoxes.
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