The oldest representation of the night sky and our Milky Way galaxy was found in an Egyptian sarcophagus, revealing ancient ...

Those in Edinburgh can expect to wait a further eight days - until Sunday, June 15 - for the sun to set after 10pm. The ...

Memorial Day weekend is often touted as the unofficial start of summer across the United States, but the first official day of summer differs between weather forecasters and astronomers. Typically, ...

Photographer Petr Horálek observed both a lunar eclipse and a galaxy of stars from the the US National Science Foundation’s ...

A new 8K camera system at the Vacuum Tower Telescope in Tenerife captures images of the Sun's surface in stunning detail.

NOAA shared this satellite imagery of Earth from March 19, 2024, to March 20, 2025, highlighting the start of spring for the Northern Hemisphere and fall for the Southern Hemisphere. FBI director ...

An incredible image shows the spring equinox from space. On Friday, at 9:01 a.m. UK time, the Sun appeared directly above Earth’s equator, marking the astronomical event that signifies the ...

Everywhere on Earth experiences equal hours of daylight and darkness on the vernal equinox in March and the autumnal equinox in September. PA Images via Getty Images The solar-noon Sun angle is ...

During the equinox, the Earth’s axis and its orbit line up so that both hemispheres get an equal amount of sunlight. The word equinox comes from two Latin words meaning equal and night.

The exact time of the spring equinox in 2025 is 9.01am GMT. This is calculated using the position of the Earth and its orbit around the Sun. The Earth’s axis is tilted either toward or away from ...