As the Earth travels around the sun, it does so at an angle. For most of the year, the Earth’s axis is tilted either toward or away from the sun. That means the sun’s warmth and light fall ...

Thursday, March 20 marked the beginning of spring with the vernal equinox, but what does this really mean? To understand, let ...

The Northern Hemisphere’s vernal (spring) equinox can fall between March 19 and 21 while the fall equinox hits sometime between September 21 and 24.

Last night we had Thanksgiving dinner with some neighbors. It was on the vernal equinox. A spring rain fell that afternoon ...

The rings of Saturn will temporarily “disappear” this weekend, though most stargazers will be unlikely to see it. The rings ...

Skywatchers will get a rare chance to see Saturn in its full glory, without chunks of ice and rock swarming around it.

The forecast still projects some winter weather as Edwardsville and Glen Carbon suffer through wind, freezing temperatures, ...

It’s ok, Darth Vader hasn’t got our humble planet in his sights! No this Death Star is a binary system where both stars are ...

Jet Stream Influence The polar and subtropical jet streams frequently dip over Texas, especially in the fall, winter, and ...

Yesterday was the Vernal Equinox—that’s when the Earth’s axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in ...

As the Earth travels around the sun, it does so at an angle. For most of the year, the Earth’s axis is tilted either toward ...

As winter fades and the days grow longer, the Spring Equinox marks the official arrival of spring in the Northern ...