Do you have the sense that summers feel different than when you were younger? That they start earlier, arrive quickly and remain intense until the fall? If you live in the mid-latitudes of either the ...

Momentum is building for what promises to be an epic summer in the nation’s capital. Over the coming months, Washington, DC ...

Family members at the Taylor family home on Martha’s Vineyard. Credit: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American ...

Four archaeoastronomers from leading Mexican research institutions have demonstrated that the famous "descent of Kukulcán" ...

In California, the official start of summer falls on June 21. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center expects above-normal temperatures across the state from ...

The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts a hot summer for Mississippi in 2026. See whether you can expect more rain or drier weather as temps warm up.

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. The ...

Summer Solstice Celebration has officially announced that “WAVE” is the theme for the 2026 Solstice Parade, revealed during First Thursday at the Downtown Santa Barbara Public Library. The ...

With the sun shining high, the summer solstice, aka the longest day of the year, is a day for celebration for many people around the world. For people living north of the equator, Friday, June 21 is ...

Your device does not support the audio. Did you know that some of the oldest human-made structures on Earth align precisely with the rising sun on the summer solstice? This alignment, observed in ...