During the equinox, the Earth’s axis and its orbit line up so that ... The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and ...

Occurring around March 20 or 21, the equinox is a celestial event that brings nearly equal hours of day and night across the globe. This phenomenon occurs when the Earth's axis is neither tilted ...

As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere is marked with the first day of autumn.

(NASA/JPL-Caltech) Let's welcome Spring with the Vernal Equinox. Vernal means spring. This week marks the vernal equinox -- the beginning of astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere and ...

Spring is here — officially, at least. The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere and the fall in the Southern Hemisphere.

The vernal equinox heralds the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere (finally). But have you heard the myth about ...

During the equinox, the Earth’s axis and its orbit ... The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational ...

The myth that you can balance an egg on the vernal equinox is not rooted in science. According to the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the equinox has nothing to do with getting an egg to ...

The vernal equinox arrives on Thursday ... The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group.

Spring officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on March 20 with the vernal equinox as the entire world experiences an equal amount of daylight and darkness. For ease of recordkeeping ...

Spring begins March 20. Meteorologist Taylor Stephenson explains the science behind the equinox and how much daylight is yet to come.