The winter solstice is Saturday, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere — ideal conditions for holiday lights and warm blankets.

Here’s how it works. The next Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere will occur on Dec. 21, 2025, and the next Winter Solstice for the Southern Hemisphere will occur on June 21, 2025.

The days are starting to get noticeably longer, especially over the last few weeks.Now that the winter solstice has passed, ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

Daylight hours have been lengthening since late December, with February seeing a faster increase in sunlight. Northern ...

Groundhogs emerge from their burrows on Sunday to tell us if we can expect an early spring. Will they see their shadows? Here ...

Spring isn’t here yet, but by the end of the first week of February we have gained more than an hour of daylight since the winter solstice here in Gettysburg.

As milder weather returns to Kentucky, here's what to know about the official start of spring in 2025. The first day of ...