Because Earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, being further away means it travels slower along its orbit. This ...

Geography students should be aware of the distinctions between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The equator separates ...

The 2025 summer solstice takes place on June 20, heralding the onset of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year.

Even though humans have been looking at the night sky for millenia, not everyone sees the same sky. Not even the constellations are same for everyone.

After the sun arrives at its solstice point, it will begin to migrate back toward the south and the amount of daylight in the ...

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

This full-disk image from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite shows the Americas at the start of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere on June 21 ...

The Northern Hemisphere's top 10 warmest summers on record have all occurred within the past 10 years, ... The last time Earth recorded a cooler-than-average year was in 1976, ...

A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable ...