The days may still be getting shorter, but that won't be the case for the rest of the year. Soon, the shortest day of the year will arrive and days will slowly start getting longer from there. The ...

There are two different definitions of winter: meteorological and astronomical. One started Dec. 1; the other won't be here ...

On the day of the summer solstice, its climb stops, as it reaches its highest point in the sky for the year. After that, with each successive passage of the Sun through the sky, its path is a bit ...

The sun will set earlier each day into December, culminating in the shortest day of the year, or the winter solstice. The ...

The UK's coldest season is about to begin - but when exactly does it start? Tomasz Schafernaker explains why there is more ...

The winter solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year. Here's what Arizonans are asking about the solstice ...

"The Winter Solstice, or the December Solstice, is the point at which the path of the sun in the sky is farthest south," according to Space.com. "At the Winter Solstice, the sun travels the ...

So what is a solstice, exactly? It's the result of Earth's north-south axis being tilted 23.4 degrees toward the sun. This tilt causes different amounts of sunlight to reach different regions of ...

This year the December solstice is reached at exactly 16:28 GMT and 11:28 Eastern time on Thursday, and 00:28 China Standard Time early on Friday. That's when the sun reaches its most southerly ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, the December solstice is the year’s day of least sunlight, when the sun takes its lowest, shortest path across the sky. North of the Arctic Circle, it is the midpoint ...

The sun will set earlier each day into December, culminating in the shortest day of the year, or the winter solstice. The winter solstice marks the first day of winter, ushering in the colder ...