The winter solstice is upon us, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year. People across the country have already faced multiple blankets of white snow where they live, but the winter ...

The Winter Solstice is a cosmic phenomenon that marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year in a specific hemisphere. It usually happens around December 21–22 in the Northern Hemisphere ...

(FOX 5/KUSI) — Sunday is officially the shortest day and longest night of the year for the Northern Hemisphere. While this year’s winter solstice also comes with rain on the radar for San Diegans, on ...

Alabamians may have already dusted off their coats and heaters, but official winter doesn’t start until the winter solstice. That’s the astronomical signal that the days are at their shortest and the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern ...

Despite the winter solstice being the shortest day, the sun has been rising later in the weeks following it. This phenomenon is due to the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt, which causes a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cold temperatures and wintry weather hit Western North Carolina hard earlier in December, but as we start the first day of winter, ...