Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the winter solstice marked the beginning of astronomical winter, thousands gathered at Stonehenge and Glastonbury Tor in ...

Get your coats ready because winter officially begins with the winter solstice, which also gives us the shortest day and the longest night of the year. The winter solstice happens because of Earth's ...

The winter solstice is arriving soon. "The winter solstice is significant across various cultures, signaling the changing of the seasons," according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. After the winter ...

The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Earth's seasons are caused by its axial tilt, not its distance from the sun. Following the winter solstice, daylight ...

Yes the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead. Sunday is the shortest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical winter.

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 ...