Summer kicks off this week in the Northern Hemisphere with the summer solstice. The summer solstice marks the longest day and shortest night of the year. On Friday, the first full moon of the summer ...

Saturday 21 June marks the Summer Solstice, or midsummer, when the longest day of the year is celebrated and summer officially begins. It’s when the sun reaches its northernmost position as seen from ...

Growing up in suburban North Atlanta, the only time I ever heard about the solstice was during the astronomy segment of science class. It wasn’t until I moved out West that I learned it’s basically ...

The summer solstice sets off the official start of summer as the Northern Hemisphere angles itself at the point in its orbit closest to the sun, causing the longest day and shortest night of the ...

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 seekers. The summer solstice falls late in the day on Friday, June 20 in the ...