Summer beckons us all year long with the promise of swimming pools, ice cream trucks, and relaxing in the shade. For the Northern Hemisphere, the official summer season starts on June 20 or 21 ...

When the Earth is on one side of the Sun ... For example, the 2021 northern summer solstice occurred on June 20 at 11:32 p.m. EDT, then it was 5:13 a.m. EDT on June 21 in 2022, and 10:57 a.m ...

The summer solstice also doesn't mark the day the earth is closest to the sun. In fact, it's the opposite, according to the ...

The Martian new year arrives with the Red Planet’s vernal equinox. Explaining why requires a deep dive into celestial ...

The longest day is known as the summer solstice, and the shortest day as the winter solstice. But what causes the solstices to happen? The Earth spins on its axis and each complete rotation takes ...

Tuesday, June 21, 2022: Summer Solstice, five naked-eye planets and ... Venus and Mars, serving as a proxy Earth. Get up before sunrise and cast your eyes to the southeastern horizon and you ...

"What a beautiful morning," she added. Summer solstice takes place as one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the sun and the sun reaches its highest position in the sky, ensuring the ...

Daylight saving time this year ends at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 3, after being in effect for nearly eight months.

Jānis is a Latvian pagan deity, and he’s celebrated at the summer solstice in Riga in Latvia ... create a connection between the sky and the earth. In honour of the sun, nothing is consumed ...

Africa's Sahara Desert may be considered a vast expanse of barren sand with limited vegetation, an extreme environment for ...

One of the first places to see in the summer solstice in the UK was Ness Point in Lowestoft. Scores of people set their alarm clocks early or drove through the night to be there. Why? Stephen ...

The Summer Solstice has arrived marking the official ... of Tazumal to ask for abundant crops and give thanks to mother earth. The ritual is said to help balance the energy of the planet.