Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

Over 6,000 years old and still a site for worship, Stonehenge remains a unique place. As the first rays of the sun shine into ...

It’s good to remember that the days are growing shorter. It’s good to remember all the things I said I’d like to do this year ...

Aymara Indigenous people hold up their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight in celebration of the Andean New Year 5533 marking the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, in El ...

For more than a century, baseball teams in Fairbanks have played at midnight on the summer solstice, illuminated only by the sun.

In an obscure Arizona canyon, I saw ancient petroglyphs on cliff walls that are pierced by sunlight on the day of the summer solstice. They were no accident.

I am struck by how little changes from day to day and how much can be altered in six months’ time. It makes me humble and ...

Last weekend we had the summer solstice, the longest day of the year with the light of day lasting until late in the evening. The solstice is one of the most underrated days of the year. There’s very ...

Chileans got dressed up for a Gay Pride parade, cricket players from Australia and West Indies faced off on the Caribbean ...

People are marking the start of the winter and summer solstices across the globe. North of the equator, celebrations welcome ...

From Stone Age astronomy to Viking law and Roman goddesses, cultures across time have honored the longest day of the year ...

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