Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year on December 21, the winter solstice marks the shortest, darkest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the calendar year. All hail the darkest night and the rebirth of the sun. In the Northern Hemisphere, the days are dimming, Yule is nigh ...

WASHINGTON — The winter solstice, the astronomical start of winter, is this weekend. For those north of the equator, the solstice on Sunday, Dec. 21, marks the shortest day and longest night of the ...

The winter solstice - which occurs this year on Sunday, Dec. 21 - marks the longest night of the year. Across the Bay Area artists and community groups plan to mark the turning point with live music, ...

The winter solstice is upon us, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year. People across the country have already faced multiple blankets of white snow where they live, but the winter ...

The days will finally start to get longer now that winter is officially here. With fall finally over, astronomically speaking and the first day of winter now past us, we can start looking forward to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The Northern Hemisphere’s shortest day and longest night of ...

The winter solstice is arriving soon. "The winter solstice is significant across various cultures, signaling the changing of the seasons," according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. After the winter ...