How the Barycentre Forces Differ:  The Sun is not the centre of the solar system. The barycentre of the solar system, however, is. Both the Sun and the Earth revolve around it, generally not the centre of the Sun. This means that the motions of the two bodies around the barycentre may significantly affect the Earth-Sun distance, and […]

Reasons Irrational:  The editors of Science retracted Valentina Zharkova’s paper, which can be viewed in its original form here.  The paper is significant because it shows that the influence of the larger planets on the distance between the Earth and the Sun is not negligible. That means this distance changes, effecting Earth’s climate.  It appears to […]