What is perihelion? Here's what happens when Earth is nearest to the sun

Here's how the astronomical phenomenon influences our planet—from the length of our seasons to the way Earth moves through ...
IFLScience

Why Does The Earth's Closest Approach To The Sun Take Place During Winter?

P erihelion – or the Earth's closest approach to our host star – will take place on January 3, 2026. At this point, our planet will be around 2.5 million kilometers ( 1.5 million miles) closer to the ...

Earth at perihelion: What happens when we’re nearest to the sun

Earth reaches its closest point to the sun, perihelion, in January, a fact that surprises many as winter grips the Northern ...
The New York Times

Something Very Tiny Is Following Earth Around the Sun

The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us for almost another 60 years. By Robin George Andrews The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as ...
Live Science

Earth, Mars, Venus — and a long-lost planet — may have once 'waltzed' in perfect harmony around the sun

New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once orbited in mathematical harmony around the infant sun. When you purchase ...
Seattle Times

Something very tiny is following Earth around the sun

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...