In 2024, June 20 marks the summer solstice, the first official day of astronomical summer. “Solstice” means the sun has gotten as high in the sky as it’s going to get for the year; on Thursday, that ...

A group of people in the early morning of the summer solstice in Wiltshire, England. The northern hemisphere celebrates the summer solstice as the longest day and shortest night of the year.

Summer solstice 2025, marking the first day of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year, falls on June 20. The solstice occurs when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted closest to the sun. The ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Thursday officially marks the first official day of summer and comes as Southeast Michigan experiences a heat wave. Temperatures have been reaching a high of at least 90 degrees each ...

Four misconceptions about the sun's ascension. June 21, 2011— -- From Chalchuapa, El Salvador, to Stonehenge in England, people are honoring the summer solstice today as the sun ascends to the ...

All the planets in our solar system have summer solstices. On Mars, the solstice occurs a few days after Earth’s, in June. On Uranus, the summer solstice happens once every 84 years. The next one will ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Even though school is out, does that mean summer has started? To some, not really; astronomers say summer doesn't start for another few days. This year's summer solstice is Friday at ...

I hate to see spring go. So much comes with the season: the flowers, fireflies, warm weather, the Summer Triangle and Milky Way. New flowers continue to bloom through the season just as new ...