Every year on the 21st of December, the northern hemisphere experiences the shortest day of the year and the beginning of winter ... gives rise to the term ‘solstice’. This apparent standstill ...

Festivals around the Winter Solstice still mark a time to gather and celebrate even after all of our advances and the vanquishing of superstition by science. Robert Lea is a science journalist in ...

(The opposite holds true for the Southern Hemisphere, where June brings the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year.) Read on for some more intriguing facts about the summer solstice.

The winter solstice is named for the shortest day of ... according to the Smithsonian Science Education Center. This brings more darkness as the sun appears at its lowest in the sky, giving ...

Saturday is the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. It's not only the shortest day of the year, but the official arrival of astronomical winter. "At 4:20 a.m. EST, the solstice marks the ...

The winter solstice is Saturday ... The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group.

The winter solstice occurs on either December 21 or ... the environment and the importance of science to our lives. This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company ...

The winter solstice is Saturday ... The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group.