sun

meteorite and a killer asteroid

Confused about the difference between a meteorite and a killer asteroid? We’ve got you covered

  As updates roll in from Russia and the meteorite-related injury toll rises, you may be scrambling to remember what

is closer to the sun today than in rest of 2013
  • News
  • January 2, 2013

Earth is closer to the sun today than in rest of 2013

Jan. 2 marks the time when the Earth is at perihelion, the point in its orbit at which it is