SEATTLE — Thursday night will be the last 9 p.m. sunset of the year in Seattle.

You may have heard of the phrase "dog days." But what does that mean? Here's how mid-summer came to be called the dog days.

A report published on June 27 by NOAA said multiple factors have contributed to global warming since the start of the ...

Celebrations across Canada marked National Indigenous Peoples Day June 21, when the sun in the northern hemisphere travels its longest path across the sky. The summer solstice is a time ...

According to the Farmer’s Almanac, we just entered the phase of “The Dog Days of Summer” 2025. They recognize this hot, often ...

July’s full moon will look especially low in the sky after sunset. This is largely because of its proximity to the summer solstice, when the sun is at its highest in the daytime sky and the moon ...

Summer doesn’t always end on the same day every year, because the end of summer is tied to the autumnal equinox in the ...

The first full moon of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere is about to rise ... When the sun is highest in the sky ...

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere will be shorter this year than last year by about 15 minutes, according to Timeanddate.com. An event known as aphelion is happening on July 3. This means the Earth ...

Because Earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, being further away means it travels slower along its orbit. This increases the time it takes to get from the solstice, the beginning of ...

Summer 2025 in the Northern Hemisphere will be 15 minutes shorter than 2024 as Earth’s orbital speed changes near its annual aphelion.

Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, was this past Friday, and now summer is officially here. In some places, that means the height of outdoor recreation, but here ...