Today marks Perihelion Day, January 3rd, in which Earth comes closest to the sun in its 2024 orbit. On this day, Earth is roughly 3 million miles closer to the sun than its farthest point ...

The Earth will be at its closest point to the sun. This is called the perihelion and occurs each year in the first week of January. On this day, Earth is 1.6 million miles closer to the sun than ...