Australia will experience its "longest day of the year" tomorrow as the Southern Hemisphere experiences its summer solstice.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the longest night of the year is almost upon us. Saturday, December 21, marks the winter solstice ...

The 2024 astronomical winter season—and the moment when the Northern Hemisphere is the farthest from the sun—will occur ...

Summer solstice takes place as one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the sun and the sun reaches its highest position in the sky, ensuring the longest period of daylight in the year.

Astronomical winter arrives Dec. 21. It’s the date and time of winter solstice for the Northern Hemisphere and summer solstice for the Southern Hemisphere.

and winter solstice in the southern hemisphere—when the Sun will reach its most northerly, and highest, point in the sky during 2022. It marks the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere ...

As December 21, 2024, approaches, billions of people in the Northern Hemisphere will witness the winter solstice—the shortest ...