Earth will be the farthest from the sun on Monday (July 4) as it reaches aphelion at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT).
A poem for Europa Clipper: US Poet Laureate Ada Limón reveals ode to fly on NASA Jupiter moon mission
“It is not darkness that unites us, not the cold distance of space, but the offering of water…” Those words, by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada