Summer gets its official start in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the summer solstice. The sun will trace its ...

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People have been celebrating the summer solstice with elaborate rituals since prehistoric times. But humans aren't the only ...

Friday is the official start of summer and the shortest "day" of the year for the northern hemisphere. At 10:42 p.m. on June 20, the summer solstice will occur.

As the Chicago area prepares for a dangerous heat wave bringing searing temperatures and high humidity, the astronomical ...

WUWM’s astronomy contributor Jean Creighton explains one of the most significant days on the astronomical calendar, the ...

Summer officially begins Friday, June 20, at 10:41 p.m. Eastern time. That’s the precise moment of the summer solstice — ...

After the summer solstice, the days will get shorter. The sun will appear lower in the sky each day until the winter solstice, on Dec. 21. What time is the summer solstice this year? According to ...

The sun will reach its most northern point on June 20, marking the start of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere.

The summer solstice occurs when the Earth's semi-axis in a given hemisphere reaches its maximum tilt toward the sun, ...