To cheer yourself up, you might be wondering when sunnier days are on the horizon. The spring equinox, or the vernal equinox as it is more formally known, marks the astronomical start of spring ...

Most of us are familiar with the term equinox, and Wednesday, 20 March, was the spring equinox which marked the start of astronomical spring. This is when the sun passed over the equator or the ...

But we also have the spring equinox, when we have equal hours of day and night. After the spring equinox the days are longer than the nights, until we reach the autumn equinox. This is known as ...

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It's a perfect way to celebrate National Women's History Month. 2. How the vernal/spring equinox works. It means the Earth's tilted axis forms an L-shape with the sun's rays. The astronomical ...