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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Laura Young news@greenepublishing.com With winter solstice nearly two weeks behind us, we can really begin to sense the gradual lengthening of days. Our coldest weather still lies in the weeks to ...

Instead of marking the first dire embrace of winter, solstice really is when things begin their first baby steps toward ...