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What is a solstice? An astronomer explains the long and short of days, years and seasons

  • Written by Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
What is a solstice? An astronomer explains the long and short of days, years and seasonsA long-exposure photo reveals the Sun's path in the sky every day for a six-month period.Bob Fosbury / Flickr, CC BY-SA

Happy solstice everyone! The mid-year solstice in 2023 falls at 2:58 pm UTC on 21 June (or, in more advanced time zones like the one I’m writing from, in the early hours of 22 June).

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