As with equinoxes, solstices are associated with Earth's tilt, but instead of daylight and nighttime being even, the days and nights are at their extremes. The winter solstice is the shortest day of ...

Some of us no doubt remember the 2004 disaster film “The Day After Tomorrow,” in which the collapse of the Atlantic Ocean’s currents led to an ice-covered Northern Hemisphere in a matter of days.

Things are getting hot across the country, and summer has not even officially begun. The summer solstice will occur on Friday, June 20, and it will be both the longest day and shortest night of 2025 ...