So, though we tend to think about the winter solstice as a day-long event, the term actually refers to a precise moment at which one half of the Earth — either the top or the bottom — is ...

What the winter solstice really means. The Earth’s poles do not sit directly north and south. Instead, the Earth sits at a constant tilt of about 23.5° off a vertical axis.

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

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

Summer officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on June 20 with the summer solstice, the day with the greatest amount of ...

Friday will be the longest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere, essentially kicking off the summer season.

During the Summer Solstice, we typically see the longest amount of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere. We’re expecting 14 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND (WGME) --- June 20th marks the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This astronomical event occurs when the North Pole is tilted most directly toward the ...

The summer solstice is a moment in space and time during the annual orbit when our tilted planet's Northern Hemisphere points ...

During the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice, the upper half of the earth is tilted toward the sun, creating the longest ...

Earth makes its closest annual approach of the sun about two weeks after the December solstice, during the Northern Hemisphere's winter. Earth is farthest from the sun about two weeks after the ...