The summer solstice marks the start of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year. Here we explore when the summer ...

The winter solstice doesn’t coincide with the latest sunrise or the earliest sunset. Those actually occur about two weeks ...

While arctic outbreaks linger through March, January is climatologically the coldest month of the year for most. Why is ...

The moment of the winter solstice is 9:03 a.m. CST Sunday. That marks the moment the Northern Hemisphere reached its maximum tilt away from the sun, positioning the sun directly over the Tropic of ...

Visitors watch the sunrise at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, during last year's summer solstice on June 21, 2024. Every summer solstice, the sun rises in perfect alignment with the Heel Stone and ...

The summer solstice, celebrated as the longest day of the year, does not drag on; it instead offers the longest exposure of sunlight, making it the shortest night. For those in the Northern Hemisphere ...

The 2025 winter solstice will happen at 7:10 a.m. PST on Dec. 21. Sunrise in Oregon that day will be at approximately 7:48 ...

The winter solstice has been celebrated for thousands of years, most notably at Newgrange, but also at Slieve Gullion in County Armagh. However, the tomb at Slieve Gullion which is orientated west so ...