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It’s good to remember that the days are growing shorter. It’s good to remember all the things I said I’d like to do this year and know that the time to do them is half gone. It’s good to appreciate ...

The summer solstice occurs each year on June 21. It was celebrated by ancient cultures across the world, including the ...

Summer Solstice 2025: Date and timings On Friday, June 20, 2025, at 10:42 PM EDT, or Saturday, June 21, 2025, at 8:12 AM IST (or 2:42 AM GMT), the Northern Hemisphere will experience the Summer ...

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Studies are showing the summer solstice is an important cue for plants too. Recent studies, including one of my own, have proposed that trees may use the longest day of the year as a key marker ...

Winter solstice arrives in Australia, as icy temperatures hit the country’s south east Australia’s shortest day of the year has arrived, bringing with it icy temperatures, frost, snow and ...

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Here's what the science says. 2. The summer solstice is the year’s “longest day,” but not exactly. Every day is 24 hours, so no days are actually longer or shorter.

The 2025 summer solstice arrives at 10:42 p.m. EDT on June 20 (0242 GMT June 21). On this day, skywatchers across the northern hemisphere will enjoy the longest stretch of daylight all year.