This year’s Winter Solstice will occur on Dec. 21. Many ancient sites, like Newgrange in Ireland, pictured, were built to be aligned with and track the Winter Solstice. Photo by Bethany O’Hagan The ...

We’ve all noticed it. Nights are growing longer, furnaces are working harder, and in many places, snow is blanketing the land. No doubt about it: Winter is coming! This moment has long been known as ...

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Summer has officially begun in California. The start of the new season is marked the summer solstice — an astronomical event that marks the longest day of the year. Past this point, the days will get ...

Minutes before a sunrise ceremony was set to begin in mid-June — campers at the Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, Washington, were still warm inside their tents. But they didn’t need an alarm to ...

We've been saying "winter is here" in Michigan for weeks now, but the official start to the season doesn't take place until Saturday morning. The winter solstice in the northern hemisphere falls on ...