All Stories. Bobby Womack, the legendary soul singer whose career spanned seven decades, died Friday at age 70. A representative for Womack's label XL Recordings confirmed the singer's death to Rolling Stone, but said the cause of death was currently unknown.
The Sun Will Destroy Earth Sooner Than You Might Think. Everything must end. There are plenty of ways Earth could go. It could smash into another planet, be swallowed by a black hole, or get pummelled to death by asteroids. Thereâs really no way to tell which doomsday scenario will be the cause of our planetâs demise. But one thing is for sure - even if Earth spends the rest of its eons escaping alien attacks, dodging space rocks, and avoiding a nuclear apocalypse, there will come a day when our own Sun will eventually destroy us.
1 During the summer solstice, the North Pole has a 24-hour day and the South Pole has a 24-hour night. 2  During the summer solstice, sunlight strikes the earth most directly at 23.5 degrees North (the Tropic of Cancer). The earth makes one revolution every 24 hours. 2  The earth averages 150 kilometers (93 million miles) from the sun. 3  The earth is closest to the sun in January and most distant in June. 4  The earth tilts 23.5 degrees off vertical. 5  The Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun in summer and away from the sun in winter.