For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere we're in that time of year when there is the most daylight. In this post I’ll talk about the long long summer evenings: not only does the Sun set later at this time of year but the amount of twilight, after Sun has set but it is… Continue reading Twilight and the Long Summer Evenings
Sometimes a video can convey a message better than a simple blog post and videos tend to reach a slightly different audience. I do get irritated by poor reporting of science topics in the mainstream media (maybe I am getting grumpy? 😊 ). So here’s a video about the errors in the article about the… Continue reading The Solstice – Lazy Scientific Journalism updated
I am still surprised how many articles on otherwise reputable websites when writing about scientific topics are riddled with errors and have clearly been written by lazy journalists with no knowledge of the subject they’re talking about. One of the worst examples was an article on the December 2023 solstice which recently appeared on a… Continue reading The Solstice – Lazy Scientific Journalism
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere we are at the time of year when there is the most daylight. In this post I’ll talk about the long long summer evenings: not only does the Sun set later at this time of year but the amount of twilight, when the Sun has set but… Continue reading Summer twilight
Updated 14 December 2025 As I complete this post from my home in Manchester, England, it is 4:30 pm and already dark outside. Many people think that it will continue to get dark earlier each day in the afternoon until we reach the winter solstice , which in 2025 occurs on 21 December in the… Continue reading The darker mornings.
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