TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The longest days of the year are here! The summer solstice, or first day of astronomical summer, is officially the day when the sun is above the horizon the longest. However, the ...

WASHINGTON — The winter solstice, the astronomical start of winter, is this weekend. For those north of the equator, the solstice on Sunday, Dec. 21, marks the shortest day and longest night of the ...

It will rain around the Sound and it will snow in the mountains. But the sun, friends, will shine a minute longer in the days ahead.

Long before modern science explained the phenomenon, ancient cultures recognized the solstice as a moment of renewal.

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 ...

People across the UK marked the shortest day of the year on Sunday (21 December), which heralds the start of winter but also the turning point when days will start to get longer again. The winter ...

The combination of the elliptical orbit, affecting the speed of the planet, and the axial tilt, causing the length of daylight to change unevenly, is the key. The orbital effects lag behind the tilt’s ...

As the winter solstice approaches, North America is closing in on the shortest day of the year - and in many places, the amount of daylight lost since summer adds up to hours. When is the winter ...