The summer solstice marks the official start of longer, brighter days as the Northern Hemisphere transitions out of its long, cold winter and into the highly-anticipated season of sun. Solstices ...

Every day that follows the winter solstice gradually gets longer. Simply put, the hours of daylight increase and mark one more day closer to summer. Don't think we forgot about the other two seasons!

Summary: The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year and the winter solstice the longest night. This assembly is particularly suitable on, or near, the summer solstice - usually 21 June.

(The opposite holds true for the Southern Hemisphere, where June brings the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year.) Read on for some more intriguing facts about the summer solstice.

Spring Equinox is rapidly approaching. When is the first day of spring? What we know about when spring starts, winter ends, summer solstice and more.

It is thought that the winter solstice was actually more important to the people who constructed Stonehenge, sometime between 3000 and 2000 BC, than the summer solstice. As a result, scores of ...