The winter solstice—a day many hear about, but may not completely understand. Most people know it’s the shortest day of the year, but they may not know the science behind it. Why does it ...

In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs every year on Dec. 21 or 22. This year, it falls on Dec. 21. The summer solstice is six months later, around June 21. For people who live ...

and staged at the "crack of dawn" on the winter solstice. Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable At approximately 7:42 a.m. local time, about 670 people jumped into the Derwent River ...

She joined PEOPLE in 2021, but has eight years of ... This energy is especially true in comparison to the winter solstice, the summer solstice's cold and dark counterpart. "After the winter ...

It is thought that the winter solstice was actually more important to the people who constructed Stonehenge, sometime between 3000 and 2000 BC, than the summer solstice. As a result, scores of ...

Today, hundreds of people - including Druids - still travel to Stonehenge to celebrate the sunrise on the summer solstice, and the sunset on the winter solstice, and to take part in the same kind ...

The winter solstice marks the official start of winter. It is the day of the year which holds the most hours of darkness—inviting us to go within and hibernate. This day has the cosmos urging us ...

The Incas of South America celebrated the corresponding winter solstice with a ceremony called Inti Raymi, which included food offerings and sacrifices of animals, and maybe even people.