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Earth just reached its nearest point to the sun, so why aren’t we burning?

Each year, Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in early January, a moment called perihelion. In 2026, this occurred on January 3 at 12:15 p.m. EST, when Earth was about 91.4 million miles from ...
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WeatherTalk: Earth will reach its closest point to the sun in January

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.” ...
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Earth’s distance from the Sun found to dramatically alter seasons

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Study finds Earth-sun distance helps drive the Pacific cold tongue, a key player in El Niño and global weather. (CREDIT: Wikimedia ...
The New York Times

Earth Just Reached Its Greatest Distance From the Sun

Our planet whirls around the sun in an ellipse, rather than a circle. On Thursday the planet reached its farthest point from its star, known as aphelion. By Katrina Miller This article was originally ...
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Earth’s distance from the Sun found to dramatically alter seasons

A strip of cool water stretches west from South America along the equator, helping set the pace for some of the planet’s most important weather swings. That Pacific “cold tongue” helps steer the El ...