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

Solstice marks the longest day of the year. Here's a list of quintessential Texas activities to celebrate that extra daylight ...

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 ...

Do you yearn for long days and short nights? Then this could be the best day of the year for you and your fellow sunlight seekers.

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

The winter solstice marks the point when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun in your hemisphere.

This year, the summer solstice is on June 20 at 7:42 p.m. PST, according to the Farmer's Almanac. The exact date and time vary from year to year, typically falling between June 20 and June 22. 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 summer solstice occurs when the Earth's semi-axis in a given hemisphere reaches its maximum tilt toward the sun, ...