Sunday, Dec. 21, had the least daylight of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. In Washington, D.C., there were 9 hours, 26 ...

Winter solstice 2025 is here —find out why it’s important for the season and when we can look forward to spring.

"While Earth completes a single rotation on its axis, the ISS orbits the planet 16 times," Sergey Kud-Sverchkov said ...

The December Solstice marks the beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere as the Sun takes its shortest trip across the ...

Sunday marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, signaling the start of astronomical winter. In the ...

Earth is in a position around the sun where the Northern Hemisphere is at its maximum tilt away from the sun, and receives ...

Some mark the winter solstice as the shortest day of the year, but for others — especially those who love a little magic — those longer days mean a chance to reflect.

The winter solstice happens once a year when the Earth’s axis is tilted furthest from the sun in the northern or southern ...

Happy Winter Solstice! The winter solstice marks the start of astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Today is the ...

The meteor shower will peak around the time of the winter solstice, or the official beginning of winter in the Northern ...

But the first official week of winter is expected to bring mild temperatures for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, according ...

Meteorological winter began on Dec. 1 while astronomical winter began on Dec. 21. Astronomical seasons are based on the Earth's position in connection with the sun.