A group of people in the early morning of the summer solstice in Wiltshire, England. The northern hemisphere celebrates the summer solstice as the longest day and shortest night of the year.

After the winter solstice the Sun begins to move north again relative to the equator until eventually - six months later - it ...

Winter starts Sunday with the solstice. Why is it the shortest day, longest night? What to know in Mississippi ...

English Heritage, the organization that manages Stonehenge, said some 8,500 people celebrated Saturday at the monument on ...

The winter solstice officially in the Northern Hemisphere begins Sunday, December 21 at 10:03 am - EST.  It’s the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the longest day of the year and ...

Get ready for sun-soaked days and warmer weather, as the summer solstice 2025 is just around the corner. This year, the summer solstice falls on Friday, June 20. The astronomical event marks the ...

The shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day in the Southern Hemisphere has been marked around the world.

Dozens of mysterious structures across the Northern Hemisphere – some nearly 5,000 years old – align precisely to frame the rising and setting Sun on midwinter's shortest day.

The winter solstice happens once a year when the Earth's axis is tilted furthest from the sun in the northern or southern ...

Winter solstice 2025 is just days away. What to know about the longest night, shortest day of the year. When will days start getting longer in Mississippi?

The winter solstice marks the beginning of winter. Daylight will begin to increase after the solstice but the coldest temperatures of the season come well after the winter solstice occurs.

Peak sunshine has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere — the summer solstice. Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer. It’s ...