Thursday, June 20 is the official first day of northern astronomical summer for 2024 — Summer Solstice — which is the longest day of the year for this half of the planet. Why is this day so ...

(Technically, the summer solstice is just before 5 p.m. on June 20 this year.) But, sometimes we just can’t bend time to fit our schedule. Like in 1975, when summer solstice came just after ...

Get somewhere rural and look southeast after dark! Tuesday, June 21, 2022: Summer Solstice, five naked-eye planets and a Last Quarter Moon Today it’s the June solstice—summer solstice in the ...

From Valentine’s Day to the summer solstice, each special occasion will see the sun lingering longer in the sky, giving us ...

The summer solstice is almost here. The highly-anticipated event will take place at 10:58 a.m. ET on Wednesday 21st of June. For people who live in the northern hemisphere, it will be the longest ...

This coming week, our planet arrives at a point in its orbit that marks the first day of summer for the inhabitants of Earth’s Northern Hemisphere. Astronomers refer to this event as the ...