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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

Get ready for March 2025, the most exciting month to look skyward in the Baltimore area in the New Year, with partial solar ...

In 2025, the sky will be illuminated by 12 full Moons, plenty of meteor showers, four eclipses and three Supermoons. Here's a ...

Did you wake up a little bleary-eyed this morning? Take heart, fellow and sister revelers. Your Christmas and New Year’s ...