Winter Solstice brings shortest day & longest night! Learn why, the science behind it, & its cultural significance. Click to discover the turning point!

Long before modern science explained the phenomenon, ancient cultures recognized the solstice as a moment of renewal.

Visitors to the Sunwheel can see the sun rising and setting over the winter solstice stones from approximately Dec. 16 ...

Winter Solstice 2025 marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. Know its scientific reason, cultural meaning, spiritual significance, and more.

The combination of the elliptical orbit, affecting the speed of the planet, and the axial tilt, causing the length of ...

An Adler Planetarium expert explains how the winter solstice occurs, its historical significance across cultures, and what ...

Since it has the fewest hours of sunlight compared to the rest of the year, the Winter Solstice is considered the “shortest ...

Some mark the winter solstice as the shortest day of the year, but for others — especially those who love a little magic — those longer days mean a chance to reflect.

The summer solstice heralds the start of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere and marks the day with the most daylight for the year. But what's the science behind the longest day and ...

From frozen bonfires to quantum physics, why light still matters to our hopes, our science and our long Alaska winters.