The summer solstice marks the official start of summer. It brings the longest day and shortest night of the year for the 88 percent of Earth's people who live in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Editor's Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report. The 2024 summer solstice is nearly here, and this ...

The summer solstice is almost here. The highly-anticipated event will take place at 10:58 a.m. ET on Wednesday 21st of June. For people who live in the northern hemisphere, it will be the longest ...

Get somewhere rural and look southeast after dark! Tuesday, June 21, 2022: Summer Solstice, five naked-eye planets and a Last Quarter Moon Today it’s the June solstice—summer solstice in the ...

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