Astronomer Anura C. Perera led the world’s first-ever celebration of Earth’s ‘birthday’ on Jan 4, commemorating the day the planet reached its closest point to the Sun, known as Perihelion Day. The ...
As seen from our planet today, the day after perihelion, the comet is situated near the constellation Capricornus, very close to the sun. Stock image of a comet in the night sky. The comet ATLAS ...
Keep your eye on the sky tonight. A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. Monday, Jan. 13 is when the comet will ...
A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet Venus. The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), is making a beeline for the ...
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 ...
Source: BoM. With most centres having some of the coolest days for January on the perihelion, it is evident that the distance to the sun has minimal effect on the temperatures of the earth, despite ...
Earth will reach its closest point to the Sun on January 4, 2025 Earth will be at its closest point to the Sun on January 4, 2025, which is called Perihelion day. It occurs every January and ...