Monthly Archives: July 2020

Land farthest from the sun on July 4 | Tonight

Image via NASA. The fact is that Earth's orbit is almost, but not entirely, circular. So our distance from the sun doesn't change much. Today, we are about 3 million miles (5 million km) further from the sun than we will be in six months. That contrasts with our average …

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Iran threatens retaliation for damaged nuclear site

Iran’s chief of civil defense threatened retaliation against any country carrying out cyber attacks on its nuclear sites after a major explosion at Iran’s Natanz plant this week. Natanz’s underground fuel enrichment plant is one of the focal points of Iran’s nuclear program and is monitored by the UN nuclear …

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