The winter solstice is today, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere.

The Sun reaches its southernmost point, the Ursid meteor shower peaks, and the Christmas Tree Cluster glitters in the sky ...

As the final full moon of 2024 rises, the Cold Moon delivers a breathtaking conclusion to the celestial calendar, heralding ...

There will be lots of intermittent cloud cover in the mountains because of all of the active weather we’re having,” National ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, the longest night of the year is almost upon us. Saturday, December 21, marks the winter solstice ...

Christmas and its shining lights may just be a week away, but so is the darkest day of the year. This astronomical moment is ...

The solstice occurs at the same time everywhere on Earth, this year it happens Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m. EST. For the Northern ...

The astronomical event, which overlaps with the Winter Solstice, is often overlooked because of the winter chill.

The 2024 astronomical winter season—and the moment when the Northern Hemisphere is the farthest from the sun—will occur ...

And the night sky tonight obliges by presenting a beautiful ... Saturnalia was celebrated on the date of the winter solstice by the calendar then in use, and it also marked the fact that the ...

The Ursids, peaking in the serenity of December’s long nights, invite you to a dance of lights that promises to brighten the ...

During the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice, the upper half of the Earth is tilted away from the sun, creating the ...