Summer is officially over September 22, at 2:19 p.m. Time to hang up the surfboard, deflate the beach balls, stow the grill, put away the Hawaiian shirts, and have a good cry. Naturally you're angry.

A partial solar eclipse happens Sunday in parts of the Southern Hemisphere. Saturn will also appear at its brightest, with ...

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The autumnal equinox arrives Monday, marking the start of the fall season for the Northern Hemisphere and the spring in the ...

Dwarf planet 2023 KQ14, Ammonite, has a stable orbit that challenges the hypothesis of the mysterious Planet Nine.

TRAPPIST-1e shows no signs of its first atmosphere, but hints of a secondary one remain. Liquid water could still be possible ...

But the best option is to stay on standard time all year. According to their study, doing this could prevent 300,000 cases of ...

The fall equinox is a significant event in any tipped planet's life. Seasons are caused by a planet's tilted axis. Those which orbit the sun standing nearly straight up and down with little to no ...

The autumnal equinox, aka astronomical fall, is the specific moment determined by Earth’s tilt and its position during its ...

This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as Autumn Equinox: The Science Behind the First Day of Fall.