Happy September equinox! Or, as we say north of the equator, happy autumnal equinox! On Saturday, September 23, at 6:50 A.M. UTC (2:50 A.M. EDT or 11:50 P.M. Friday PDT), the sun will be directly ...

The sun traces out a figure-8 over the course of a year in Colorado's sky and it looks like this. Yep, a figure eight. It's a combination of everything we just talked about.

For the first time in history, humanity has witnessed a previously unseen part of the Sun: its South Pole. This unprecedented view comes courtesy of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar Orbiter, ...

At 9.01am today, March 20th, the sun crossed the Earth’s equator, marking the vernal equinox, the date when the direction of sunrise is due east and sunset due west.

That happens only on the equinoxes, when the sun crosses the celestial equator — the imaginary line between the Northern and Southern hemisphere skies — no matter where you are on the planet.

If this doesn't seem like a big deal, consider that every image you have ever seen of the sun was taken from around our star's equator. That is because Earth, the other solar system planets, and ...

The Sun crosses the celestial equator twice each year at the March and September equinoxes. The Sun’s highest point, 23½° above the celestial equator, occurs at the June solstice.

At precisely 5:01 a.m. ET on Thursday, the sun's rays fall directly on the equator, marking the first official day of spring. Meteorologists consider March 1 the start of spring.

The sun crosses over directly overhead at least twice every year. Therefore, this equatorial region has almost 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness daily. Daily Rain at 4 O'Clock ...