In modern times, everyone knows that a year is 365 days long (with the occasional Leap year in place to keep things nice and ...

Q: Why do we have leap years? J.B. Answer: Leap years were developed in the Julian calendar, which preceded the calendar we currently use, called the Gregorian calendar. Since the average solar ...

It's that time again: Thursday, February 29, is a leap day, the calendar oddity that occurs (almost) every four years. For centuries, attempts to sync calendars with the length of the natural year ...

The summer solstice marks the beginning of astronomical summer each year, typically falling between June 20 and June 22. In ...

Regions within the Antarctic Circle enter a period of polar night, during which the Sun doesn't rise above the horizon at all ...

The summer solstice marks the beginning of astronomical summer each year, typically falling between June 20 and June 22. In ...

As June progresses, Earth prepares for a key moment in its orbit: the summer solstice, which in 2025 will occur on Friday, June 20, at 10:42 p.m. ET. This event marks the astronomi ...

That audience figure, too, represented 40% growth year over year, the type of leap in audience the 500 has seen only two ...

The Elder Scrolls Lawless Oblivion Remastered player earns 19 years in prison after stealing ... into Athletics and Acrobatics, letting them leap across the entire map in a single bound ...

2005 and 2100 are not leap years - and have only 28 days in February. Canada uses the "Gregorian" calendar through the heritage of the British Act of 1750: "An Act for regulating the Commencement of ...

Today’s date, Friday, Sept. 13 is known by some as friggatriskaidekaphobia, pronounced frig-uh-trisk-eye-deck-uh-pho-bee-uh (but you knew that) in tribute to the unhappily named Frigga, a Norse ...

Riley Avenue Elementary School Principal David Enos is retiring this month after 27 years leading the Calverton elementary ...