Today at 8:50 am ET (1350 UTC) the distance between the Earth and Sun was the smallest it will be this year (perihelion). On July 4, 2020, w...

Happy Perihelion! Yesterday at 0636 UTC (1:36 am ET) the Earth was as close to the Sun as it will be in 2015. This is called perihelion. The...

Today, January 4, at 1200 UTC (7 am EST), the Earth was at perihelion. This is when we were closest to the Sun in our orbit around the Sun. ...