It's almost time to fall into fall, though in many parts of the country, it feels like we're already there. There are ...

This date (like last March 20) is called an equinox, from the Latin for "equal night," alluding to the fact that day and night are then of equal length worldwide. But this is not necessarily so. The ...

EDT on Sunday, September 22, 2024, the sun will cross the celestial equator, putting the magnetic fields of Earth and the ...

During an equinox, places around the globe experience nearly equal amounts of daytime and nighttime. The second occurrence ...

Sept. 22, day and night will be nearly equal in length as Earth spins side-on to the sun and autumn officially begins in the ...

Twice a year, the sun doesn’t play favorites. Everyone on Earth is seemingly on equal status – at least when it comes to the ...

On Sept. 22, the fall equinox formally heralds in autumn and marks the end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

The first day of fall arrives on Sunday with the autumn equinox, starting shorter, colder days because of Earth's axis and ...

The exact time of the fall equinox changes slightly each year. This year, the equinox arrives Sept. 22 at 8:43 a.m. Eastern ...

Explaining equinoxes Equinoxes occur in between the solstices and signal the beginning of spring and autumn. The term equinox ...

However, fall is already in full swing for meteorologists. Unlike the astronomical equinoxes and solstices, fall is based on ...