The official marker of the summer season arrives tonight. It's the summer solstice, which has been celebrated for thousands ...

You hear the word solstice all the time. We have the summer solstice coming up on Saturday, June 20, 2020 and in a few months, the winter solstice (Monday, December 21) will be here, too.

During the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice, the upper half of the earth is tilted toward the sun, creating the longest day and shortest night of the year. This solstice falls between June 20 and ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. People have been celebrating the summer solstice with elaborate rituals since prehistoric times. But humans aren’t the only species to take ...

The 2023 summer solstice happens on Wednesday 21 June at 10:58 a.m. ET. It is the longest day of the year and marks the arrival of the warmer months. It is due to Earth's tilted axis as it orbits ...

The summer solstice is an astronomical event caused by Earth's tilted axis. In the Northern Hemisphere, it's the year's longest day and the first day of summer.

The 2025 summer solstice falls on Friday, June 20, at 10:42 p.m. ET, according to NASA and the Old Farmer's Almanac. This marks the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, when the ...

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, occurs on Friday, June 20, 2025, at 10:42 p.m. ET. Meteorological summer began on June 1 and ends August 31, while ...

Is it summer solstice all over the world? No. It’s only in the Northern Hemisphere, where almost 90% of the world’s population lives. People south of the equator in places such as Chile, South ...

The summer solstice occurs when the Earth’s axial tilt is approximately 23.5 degrees relative to its orbit around the sun. This tilt positions the Northern Hemisphere most directly toward the ...

Even though the planet absorbs a lot of sunlight on the summer solstice, it takes several weeks to release it. As a result, the hottest days usually occur in July or August.