Earth will be at its closest point to the sun.

Even as the Northern Hemisphere experiences winter’s chill, our planet on Monday night, Eastern time, will be at perihelion, the closest it gets to the sun during its elliptical orbit. Learn more about planetary orbits and the search for life around the galaxy here:&nbsp;<a href="https://nyti.ms/2Ro4inJ">https://nyti.ms/2Ro4inJ</a>