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Summer Solstice 2026 June 21: Why it’s the longest day of the year, its significance, science behind it, and how it affects you

Summer Solstice 2026: Today, 21 June 2026, marks the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Caused by Earth's 23.5-degree axial tilt, this astronomical event brings the maximum number of daylight hours and the shortest night of the year. Interestingly, it coincides with International Yoga…

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Sunday is the longest day of the year for half the planet. A guide to the summer solstice

The summer solstice is Sunday, marking the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the start of astronomical summer

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Lyrid meteor shower peaks this week: UK skies set for bright spring display

Get ready to be mesmerized by the Lyrid meteor shower, an awe-inspiring celestial event that lights up the night sky! This week, stargazers in the UK and the Northern Hemisphere can enjoy a spectacular show with as many as 20 meteors streaking across the sky each hour after midnight on…

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Does the moon look the same from everywhere on Earth?

The moon's orientation changes quite dramatically across time and between places, largely due to differences in perspective.

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The spring equinox is finally here – but what does that mean?

Spring officially begins Friday in the Northern Hemisphere as the vernal equinox arrives

The Independent UK

The Fallout Map: 10 Nations with the Best Survival Odds in a Nuclear Exchange

The idea of a nuclear war is terrifying, but researchers and defense analysts have actually studied which parts of the world might fare best if...

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The shortest day of the year is descending on the Northern Hemisphere. Here's what to know

Sunday marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, signaling the start of astronomical winter

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Shortest Day, Longest Night: Winter Solstice Approaches — What to Know and Why It Matters

The winter solstice on 21 December 2025 marks the shortest day and longest night in the Northern Hemisphere. It also signals the start of astronomical winter, occurring when Earth's north pole is tilted furthest away from the Sun, resulting in the least daylight of the year.

International Business Times UK

When is the fall equinox, and why does it happen?

On Monday, Sept. 22, day and night will be nearly equal in length as Earth's axis is side-on to the sun, officially beginning autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.

LiveScience

Setting boundaries so work doesn't spoil a vacation

The summer vacation season is in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere, but navigating the line between work time and personal time is tricky for a lot of people

The Independent UK

Sunshine abounds as the summer solstice arrives

Summer gets its official start in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the summer solstice

The Independent UK

Hello, summer! June solstice brings the start of summer, and the longest day of the year, to North America

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, falls on June 20 this year in North America, and June 21 in Europe.

LiveScience

Quadruple volcanoes on secret Soviet military base linked to climate-altering eruption 200 years ago — Earth from space

A 2024 satellite photo shows four end-to-end volcanoes perfectly spaced out along the Russian island of Simushir. One of these peaks was the site of a surprise eruption that temporarily cooled the Northern Hemisphere in 1831.

LiveScience

The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?

Spring gets its official start Thursday in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the vernal equinox

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Springtime on Mars brings frost avalanches, gas geysers and explosions (photos)

It’s time to ring in the Martian New Year with a variety of strange sights on the planet’s Northern Hemisphere.

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'Rising temperatures melted corpses out of the Antarctic permafrost': The rise of one of Earth's most iconic trees in an uncertain world

As the Atlantic grew wider, the ancestral population of all of today's oaks may have been straddling the continents of the Northern Hemisphere. If so, the ancestor of the oaks we know today was a widespread population that was cleaved in half as North America inched westward.

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The winter solstice is almost here, the Northern Hemisphere's darkest day

The winter solstice is Saturday, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere

The Independent UK

What is a 20-minute red card? How new rugby law works in Six Nations

The 20-minute red card has proved popular in Super Rugby and the Rugby Championship and will now be trialled in the Six Nations for the first time

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See the 'comet of the century' light up the night sky in breathtaking photos

Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS proved to be photogenic as it lit up the early autumn skies of the Northern Hemisphere this month.

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What the jet stream and climate change had to do with the hottest summer on record − remember all those heat domes?

Summer 2024 was officially the Northern Hemisphere’s hottest on record. In the United States, fierce heat waves seemed to hit somewhere almost every day.

LiveScience

Explosive green 'Mother of Dragons' comet now visible in the Northern Hemisphere

The green comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is now visible in the night sky in North America. Here's how to see it.

Space

November's new moon lets the winter constellations shine bright tonight

November is when the winter constellations of the Northern Hemisphere become more prominent; it's the time of year when Orion, Taurus and Gemini are visible almost all night long.

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Hong Kong's Iron Man trainer seeks Cox Plate history

Hong Kong raider Romantic Warrior is primed to become the fourth northern hemisphere-trained winner of Australasia's premium weight-for-age race at The Valley.

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The fall equinox is here. What does that mean?

Fall gets its official start this weekend in the Northern Hemisphere

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Worried about heat and fire this summer? Here's how to prepare

The Northern Hemisphere summer brought catastrophic fires and floods to many countries. Down south, the winter was the hottest ever recorded in Australia, fuelled by record ocean temperatures.

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