The astronomical start of spring officially takes place overnight with the occurrence of the vernal equinox, marking the ...

While meteorological spring is already underway, astronomical spring doesn’t begin until the early morning of March 20, creating an opportunity to catch picturesque sunrises and sunsets right at home ...

Chicagohenge happens on the equinoxes, when day and night are about the same length. In 2025, the event will be visible from ...

New research suggests that, as well as being a probable centre for the veneration of the Sun, Stonehenge was also a fertility temple. A detailed study of a partly buried fallen stone at the monument ...

During the winter solstice, the setting sun would have been spectacularly silhouetted against the light and blocked the view ... midsummer sunrise. Third stage: The third stage of Stonehenge ...

Chicagoans can get a glimpse of the sun perfectly aligning with Chicago's east-west streets during sunrise and sunset.

Large crowds of Druids, Pagans and tourists gathered at Stonehenge in England to celebrate the summer solstice by watching the sunrise on the longest day of the year. Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty ...

Named after the historic Stonehenge monument ... the best times to view Chicagohenge for the vernal equinox come just after local sunrise and just before local sunset, with the views able to ...

The Britons responsible for the building of the iconic Stonehenge were probably black ... The whole monument, now ruinous, is aligned towards the sunrise on the and sunset on the winter solstice.

In this diagrammatic reconstruction of Stonehenge, that axis (shown in red) points towards the midwinter solstice sunset (in the bottom left) and towards the midsummer solstice sunrise (in the top ...