Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year on December 21, the winter solstice marks the shortest, darkest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

The Winter Solstice is more than a date in the calendar. For over four millennia, this event marked an important turning point in the passage of nature, when winter officially begins in the Northern ...

The winter solstice is upon us, and with it, the longest night of the year. As the sunlight wanes in the Northern Hemisphere, warmth must be made, and self-reflection sought. This year, the winter ...

Christmas is just days away - but it’s not the only winter celebration in the calendar. Different cultures have celebrated the winter solstice since the dawn of human history. The solstice - which ...

An assembly for primary schools, which is suitable for an act of collective worship, celebrating Midsummer's Day and the Summer and Winter solstices. BBC School Radio. BBC Teach.

WASHINGTON — The winter solstice, the astronomical start of winter, is this weekend. For those north of the equator, the solstice on Sunday, Dec. 21, marks the shortest day and longest night of the ...

Meteorologists consider the arrival of December as the start of winter, the beginning of the coldest three months of the year. Astronomically, the season started a little after 10 a.m. on Sunday, ...

The June solstice is the shortest day of the year in Australia, but not the one with the latest sunrise or coldest weather. Here's why.

Explainer: Why does it take so long for the days to get lighter after winter solstice? Look to the stars for the answers.

Solstices signify how life on Earth changes in connection to the Sun and how our seasons are defined and define us. When a solstice occurs, the Sun reaches its absolute highest or lowest point ...