The Earth's rotation creates the cycle of day and night. However, scientists have found the Earth is now rotating faster than ...

The summer solstice marks the beginning of astronomical summer each year, typically falling between June 20 and June 22. In meteorology, the official start of the summer season is June 1, marking the ...

The time for the Moon to revolve around the Earth is about 27.3 days, while the Earth rotates once around its axis in 24 ...

English Heritage, the organization that manages the Stonehenge monument, will livestream solstice activities on June 20 to ring in the season. Life is composed of seasons, and today marks the ...

Traditionally, the solstice marks the longest day and the start of summer. The event has fascinated civilisations for ...

The first day of autumn, caused by the fall equinox, happens on Sunday, September 22, 2024. The equinox happens when the sun's rays square up with Earth so the day is about as long as night. From ...

The fact that the Earth’s axis is pointing at a right angle to the Sun – neither toward it or away from it – is true for the entire planet, not just for dwellers in one hemisphere or another.

Earth’s ‘twilight zone’ runs exactly north to south during the equinox. The line dividing day and night on a planet’s surface is called a terminator, and on most days, Earth’s is slanted ...

Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer.

What are solstices? Solstices occur because Earth’s axis of rotation is tilted about 23.4 degrees relative to Earth's orbit around the sun. This tilt drives our planet's seasons, as the Northern ...