Summer beckons us all year long with the promise ... of the planet during Earth's year-long orbit around the sun. On the June solstice, the North Pole is tipped more toward the sun than on any ...

Treats are in store for stargazers at both ends of the short summer nights this June. Evenings belong to Saturn, a beacon in the southwest. Not sure which object is the ringed planet? Look the ...

The summer solstice marks the point when the sun is at its farthest distance from ... It most frequently occurs on June 21, the day we consider to be the first day of summer.

Related stories Another 92 days and 19 hours later, it will be the June solstice. At that point, the sun's most direct rays reach the Tropic of Cancer, summer starts for the northern hemisphere ...

Stonehenge, located in Salisbury, United Kingdom, was built to align with the sun on the solstices. This year. the summer ...

At the Winter Solstice, the sun travels the shortest path through ... days become increasingly long leading up to the Summer Solstice, or the June Solstice, and the longest day of the year.

This coming week, our planet arrives at a point in its orbit that marks the first day of summer for the inhabitants of Earth’s Northern Hemisphere. Astronomers refer to this event as the ...

five naked-eye planets and a Last Quarter Moon Today it’s the June solstice—summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, and winter solstice in the southern hemisphere—when the Sun will reach ...

Spending time basking in the sun may be more important than you think. Sure, it's a sensual pleasure and brightens your day. But far beyond that, the summer sun may help you avoid winter depression.