In my part of Alaska, not far from Anchorage, winter solstice is always a dark day, but not because of the lack of light.

Makar Sankranti, a major Hindu festival celebrated across India and parts of South Asia, marks the Sun's transition into ...

In my part of Alaska, not far from Anchorage, winter solstice is always a dark day, but not because of the lack of light.

So why has the sun been rising later than it did on Dec. 21? Like much of our day and night cycles, the answer lies in Earth's rotation and orbit. Yes, the sun has risen later than it did Dec. 21 ...

We begin feeling the loss of darkness only a few weeks after solstice. By February, the low-angle lighting that has graced our lives since November is gone, chased off by a sun th ...

Toronto will soon say hello to more daylight going forward as the sunsets after 5 p.m. return on Friday, Jan. 10 ...

Early winter was relatively mild and snowless, but the later half has been anything but. Arctic cold has come down to remind ...

Now that the Winter Solstice is behind us, our days continue to slowly get longer into January. Daylight will grow until the Summer Solstice in late June.

At 7:28 this morning, the earth reached the point at which it is closest to the sun in its orbit, known as the perihelion.

There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical ...

Egypt’s national dish is koshari, which is made of pasta, fried rice, vermicelli, brown lentils, chickpeas, garlic tomato ...

Stonehenge may have had a second purpose beyond its well-documented astronomical uses. A new study claims that the monument ...