It’s far too early to try to fry an egg on the sidewalk, but according to weather lore, the spring equinox is an ideal time to try to balance an egg!

Here's the exact time spring starts in 2026, plus global traditions and debunked myths.

Despite the unpredictable weather, spring officially arrives today, marking the vernal equinox – a precise celestial event ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A seasonal turning point arrived Friday as the spring equinox marks the official start of astronomical ...

Astronomically, an equinox occurs when the sun is directly above the equator. The term combines the Latin words aequi, ...

Today, March 20, 2026, is the vernal equinox. Discover the science behind the first day of spring, why day and night are ...

Once a year, at a single precise instant, our tilted, spinning planet reaches a state of geometric equilibrium, and the whole ...

However, twice a year—during the spring (vernal) and autumn (autumnal) equinoxes—the Earth’s axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun. Instead, the Earth sits "sideways" relative to the sun ...

Twice a year, the Sun seems to “hit the reset button” on Earth’s daylight. For a brief moment, the line between day and night looks almos ...