I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere is marked with the first day of autumn.

This year’s first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere occurred at precisely at 4:01 a.m. according to NASA. The date and ...

Meanwhile, at the winter solstice, the Northern Hemisphere is leaning away from the sun — leading to the shortest day and longest night of the year. The winter solstice falls between December 20 ...

This means that after months of being pointed away from the sun during the winter, the Northern Hemisphere will now begin pointing toward the sun, according to In-the-Sky.org. As the Northern ...