The New Year would begin with our planet being closest to the sun, raising queries about the cold weather and no heat despite ...

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Earth’s orbit around the Sun isn’t a perfect circle—it’s slightly elliptical. Each year, around July 2 or 3, Earth reaches its farthest point from the Sun, known as aphelion. Around January 2 or 3, ...

While the Milankovitch Cycles operate on timescales far longer than human lifespans, their effects are always at play.

The sun will appear larger in the sky than on any other day in 2026 on Jan. 3, as our planet reaches its closest point to our ...

It may be surprising to many that the Earth is closest to the Sun in January, while at the same time, much of the Northern ...

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Earth’s spin is not as steady as it looks. As ice melts and groundwater is pumped from deep aquifers to the surface, the planet’s mass is shifting, and with it the position of the rotational axis that ...