There’s something so magical about the winter solstice. It’s often snowy and blustery outside, kind of like the setting of a movie, and because it happens in the midst of the holiday season, it also ...

Solstices signify how life on Earth changes in connection to the Sun and how our seasons are defined and define us. When a solstice occurs, the Sun reaches its absolute highest or lowest point ...

Every year on December 21, the winter solstice marks the shortest, darkest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Astronomically, it’s the moment the sun enters Capricorn, beginning a season of ...

In a world that often feels unanchored, the solstice invites us back to the simplest truth: that the light always returns and connects us, writes Ger Moane Winter solstice at Newgrange offers a ...

The winter solstice is upon us, and with it, the longest night of the year. As the sunlight wanes in the Northern Hemisphere, warmth must be made, and self-reflection sought. This year, the winter ...

It's time to put on the AC because summer's longest day is finally here! December 22nd marks the summer solstice and the sun’s entrance into Capricorn. Yuletide brings more than sunshine; it is ...

Winter officially starts Sunday, Dec. 21. Here's what to know about the solstice, and the end of the 2025-2026 season.

People across the UK marked the shortest day of the year on Sunday (21 December), which heralds the start of winter but also the turning point when days will start to get longer again. The winter ...

The sun rising later or setting even earlier after the solstice isn’t uncommon, a similar phenomenon occurred in 2024. During ...

The winter solstice officially in the Northern Hemisphere begins Sunday, December 21 at 10:03 am - EST.  It’s the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the longest day of the year and ...

The word Yuletide is used a lot around Christmas time, but it turns out many people have no idea what the word actually means ...