Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When is the winter solstice? At sunrise this morning, about ...

In Southwestern Wisconsin, preparation is underway for Circle Sanctuary's 50th annual Yule festival. For the pagan members the church serves, it marks winter solstice, the longest night of the year in ...

The United States has seen some chilly weather recently, and some areas have been downright freezing before winter had even started. Now, the winter solstice, Saturday, Dec. 21st, is upon us. It will ...

Since the summer solstice back in June, the days have grown steadily shorter and the nights have grown steadily longer in the Northern Hemisphere. But that’s about to reverse itself. Winter solstice, ...

One of the things I like best about December is that, at this darkest time of the year, The Holidays give us something to celebrate. When we light the Christmas tree or the Hanukkah candles, we ...

If you’ve ever decorated a Christmas tree and thought, “This feels a little too magical to be strictly Christian,” congratulations — your intuition is correct and possibly clairvoyant. Christmas, for ...

At 10:03 a.m. Sunday morning, the sun was directly over the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5° south latitude, marking the December solstice, and the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Other ...

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 ...

At 10:03 a.m. this morning, the sun was directly over the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5° south latitude, marking the December solstice, and the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. The Sun ...

The 2025 winter solstice will take place at 10:03 a.m. Eastern time Sunday, Dec. 21. That’s the moment when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted the farthest away from the sun. The winter solstice is ...