With the final days of spring upon us and summer approaching, people look forward to the summer solstice, which marks the official astronomical start of the new season.

The Winter Solstice is a cosmic phenomenon that marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year in a specific hemisphere. It usually happens around December 21–22 in the Northern Hemisphere ...

It's fall, ya'll! Sweater weather is upon us. The beginning of the autumn season marks the end of warm summer days and the start of longer chilly nights. As the Earth travels around the sun, it does ...

This year, the Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice occurs on June 21 at 4:24 a.m. EST. South of the Equator, this same moment marks the beginning of winter. Solstices occur at the same time around ...

The summer solstice is Sunday, marking the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the start of astronomical summer.

WASHINGTON — The winter solstice, the astronomical start of winter, is this weekend. For those north of the equator, the solstice on Sunday, Dec. 21, marks the shortest day and longest night of the ...

Yes, the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead. Sunday is the shortest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical winter ...