Early Saturday morning, the occurrence of the 2024 winter solstice marked the astronomical start of winter, and it's been greeted with appropriately frigid temperatures. The event also marks the ...

The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. In 2025, the winter solstice will occur on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 3:19 a.m. CT. On the solstice, Tennessee will ...

The summer solstice takes place in mid-June each year in the Northern Hemisphere nicola margaret/Getty Goodbye darkness and hello sunshine! The summer solstice marks the official start of longer, ...

We’ve all noticed it. Nights are growing longer, furnaces are working harder, and in many places, snow is blanketing the land. No doubt about it: Winter is coming! This moment has long been known as ...

In 2024, June 20 marks the summer solstice, the first official day of astronomical summer. “Solstice” means the sun has gotten as high in the sky as it’s going to get for the year; on Thursday, that ...

This year’s Winter Solstice will occur on Dec. 21. Many ancient sites, like Newgrange in Ireland, pictured, were built to be aligned with and track the Winter Solstice. Photo by Bethany O’Hagan The ...

Editor’s note: This column typically runs on Mondays. This week delivers both the Sagittarius new moon and the winter solstice. The sun and moon meet in Sagittarius for the new moon and then together ...

Despite the cold and wet weather being experienced around California, winter isn’t quite here yet. The season formally kicks off Thursday with the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year with ...