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

While many kids are already out of school for summer, the technical start of summer will actually happen on Friday, June 20, ...

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

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

Earth’s tilt is what causes the seasons; in the summer, when our planet’s pole is tipped toward the sun, the days are longer, and the true sun’s daily path across the sky is higher. The opposite is ...

With summer about to begin in Michigan, here's a look at the season's end and how much longer we'll have Daylight Saving Time ...

The discovery of the exoplanet, a super-Earth called Kepler-735c, is all down to something called transit timing variations, ...

According to the National Weather Service, the summer solstice will occur on Friday at 10:42 p.m. Eastern time (it will be ...

The Earth spins on a tilt as it revolves around the sun. The summer solstice occurs for Earth's upper half when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted most closely toward the sun.