Toronto will soon say hello to more daylight going forward as the sunsets after 5 p.m. return on Friday, Jan. 10 ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.

Now that the Winter Solstice is behind us, our days continue to slowly get longer into January. Daylight will grow until the Summer Solstice in late June.

At 7:28 this morning, the earth reached the point at which it is closest to the sun in its orbit, known as the perihelion.

"Two Uranus years (one Uranus year is 84.02 Earth years), running from 1900 to 2068 and starting just before southern summer solstice, when Uranus’s south pole points almost directly towards the Sun," ...

At this time, the distance between the Earth and the Sun is about 147 million kilometers. On July 3, 2024, at aphelion (the point where the distance between the celestial body and the Sun is greatest) ...

In my part of Alaska, not far from Anchorage, the winter solstice is always a dark day, but not because of the lack of light.

In 2025, the sky will be illuminated by 12 full Moons, plenty of meteor showers, four eclipses and three Supermoons. Here's a ...

Mark the beginning of the sun's journey towards the northern hemisphere. Learn about the date, time, significance, and cultural importance of this sacred Hindu festival.

Instead of marking the first dire embrace of winter, solstice really is when things begin their first baby steps toward ...

According to Hindu mythology, it is believed that taking a holy dip in sacred rivers like the Ganges, Yamuna, or Godavari during this time cleanses one of sins and leads to spiritual growth. The ...

Stonehenge may have had a second purpose beyond its well-documented astronomical uses. A new study claims that the monument may have been built in part to unify neighboring people groups in and near ...