The average distance between the Earth and Sun measured using trigonometry is 93 million miles, not 3,000 miles as claimed in a viral post online. The author of the post claims that measuring with a ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --– Wednesday was a big day if you live on planet Earth. Perihelion is the point at which an orbiting body (in this case, the Earth) is at its closest point to the sun. The term ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Happy Perihelion Day! This little-known day marks the time when Earth's orbit is closest to the sun, with a mere 91,527,976 miles of separation between the two planets. If Earth is ...

Every year in early January, Earth reaches the closest point in its orbit to the Sun, a moment astronomers call perihelion. We are slightly nearer to our star and receiving more solar energy than we ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The earth’s journey around the Sun is not a perfect circle. Instead, our planet follows a slightly oval-shaped path called an ellipse, meaning our distance from the Sun changes ...

FARGO — Earth will reach its closest point to the sun on Jan. 2, 2024, when the sun will be 91,403,034 miles away. The closest earth-sun distance is called perihelion, which is Greek for “near sun.” ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. [WATCH: In the video player above, check out ...

Earth will reach perihelion at 09:00 Universal Time on Saturday, January 4, 2025, the closest point to the sun in its annual, slightly elliptical orbit. The word comes from the Greek words peri (near) ...

Happy Aphelion Day! Did you know that the Earth is the farthest away from the sun right now? This may seem strange because it’s actually the hottest time of the year. This little marvel is due to the ...