During the Achaemenid era, the festival was celebrated with great splendor at Persepolis, where kings welcomed envoys and ...

The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in ...

Yesterday was the Vernal Equinox—that’s when the Earth’s axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in ...

An incredible image shows the spring equinox from space. On Friday, at 9:01 a.m. UK time, the Sun appeared directly above ...

Spring is bringing romantic glow-ups and relationship breakthroughs for all zodiac signs from March 20 through June 20.

Spring is here! Truly, Thursday was the first day of spring — notwithstanding the overnight snow showers and low in the 20s ...

Spring officially begins on March 20 each year at approximately 5:01 AM EST, according to NASA. Yes, today officially marks ...

The Griffith Observatory was the perfect place to welcome spring. It’s an observatory, planetarium, and exhibition space that ...

Good Evening ad welcome to Spring! The vernal equinox occurred this morning at 4:02 AM CDT. That is the sun’s most direct rays passed the equator and are now located in the Northern Hemisphere. That’s ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego rings in the start of the spring season with the first sunset past 7:00 p.m. this year. On Thursday evening, sunset will come at 7:01 p.m., following a sunrise Thursday at 6:52 a ...

But twice a year, including during the vernal equinox, the sun is directly over the equator, meaning the day and night are about equal lengths. The other time this happens is during the fall equinox.