Though the meteorological first day of summer is always the same, its astronomical counterpart changes yearly. Here's when it ...

As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere is marked with the first day of autumn.

Thursday is the first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere. During an equinox, the center of the ...

From a partial solar eclipse, to bright planets, and the end of the meteor shower 'drought', there is plenty to see in the ...

In the summer, the Sun rises in the northeastern sky and sets in the northwestern sky, providing long days and short nights. For December’s winter solstice, the Sun’s most direct rays are ...

Teh winter solstice is Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. Chris Sims is a digital content producer for Midwest Connect Gannett. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.

Instead, the Sun appears to move in our sky, higher and higher each day from Winter Solstice to Summer Solstice, and then lower and lower each day from Summer Solstice to Winter Solstice ...