Here’s how it works. The term "perihelion" describes the point in an astronomical body's orbit where it is nearest to the sun. Derived from the Greek words peri (around) and helios (sun), the ...

A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...

Read full article: Jacksonville kicks off Pride 2025 with events at Acosta, Main Street bridges The term perihelion is Greek, and it means around (peri) the sun (Helios). It is the result of the ...

Perihelion is when Earth is closest to the Sun, happening between January 2 and 4. In 2025, it will occur on January 4 at 8:28 am EST. The Northern Hemisphere remains cold due to Earth's axial tilt.

Perihelion is an annual astronomical event when Earth finds itself at the closest distance possible toward the Sun. Usually it falls between the dates of January 2 and 4 as Earth is around 147 ...

At perihelion, Earth will be approximately 147 million kilometres from the Sun. The Sun will appear slightly larger in the sky, but the change is almost imperceptible. This year, perihelion will ...

The comet successfully reached perihelion, its closest point to the sun in its orbital path around the parent star, on September 27, and was visible for those in the Southern Hemisphere in ...

The hypothesis that the perihelion can be made to move without alteration in the eccentricity is equivalent to assuming that a free vibration can persist in a resisting medium without change of ...

Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images Comet Atlas C/2024 G3, discovered by the Atlas Survey System, has been slowly approaching the inner solar system and will reach perihelion, its closest point to ...