Spring is here! Truly, Thursday was the first day of spring — notwithstanding the overnight snow showers and low in the 20s ...

What is the etymology of the names of the four seasons What do they mark the rhythm of our daily life, the climatic and environmental variations? The names of the seasons, as well as those of the ...

For most folks, Thursday was business as usual, but others gathered in the Austin College Solar observatory to see the beginning of spring in action.

SAN DIEGO — San Diego rings in the start of the spring season with the first sunset past 7:00 p.m. this year. On Thursday evening, sunset will come at 7:01 p.m., following a sunrise Thursday at 6:52 a ...

But twice a year, including during the vernal equinox, the sun is directly over the equator, meaning the day and night are about equal lengths. The other time this happens is during the fall equinox.

Spring is almost here — officially, at least. The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season ...

Spring officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on March 20 with the vernal equinox as the entire world experiences an ...

The first day of astronomical spring – or the vernal equinox – begins on March 20. The vernal equinox means day and night last about the same amount of time. Meteorological spring began on March 1.

The word equinox comes from two Latin words meaning equal and night. That’s because on the equinox, day and night last almost ...