It is a time when the Sun appears to pause at its lowest point in the sky before beginning its slow, steady climb toward longer, brighter days. The winter solstice is more than just a scientific ...

The Winter Solstice, or the December Solstice, is the point at which the path of the sun in the sky is farthest south. At the Winter Solstice, the sun travels the shortest path through the sky ...

Similarly, the day when the Earth’s tilt is closest to the sun is called the summer solstice. It’s the longest day of the year and marks the astronomical beginning of summer. In the Northern ...

This weekend, the winter solstice takes place, meaning Michiganders can start looking forward to longer days and more ...

The winter solstice, famously the shortest day of the year, is nearly three weeks behind us. So why has the sun been rising later than it did on Dec. 21? Like much of our day and night cycles ...

The winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, falls on December 21st this year. It marks the sun's lowest point in the sky, signifying the beginning of winter in ...

Spectators cheered and applauded as the sun rose over the neolithic site in southwest England at the winter solstice, a pagan celebration that is believed to have been observed there for ...