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 ...

Besides colder temperatures and falling snow, the other signs of obvious signs of winter approaching are longer nights and shorter days as the winter solstice nears. Here's when and what to know about ...

Winter Solstice is all set to occur on December 21 of this year (2025). The date marks the shortest day and the longest night in the Northern hemisphe.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The June solstice marks the longest day of the year in the ...

All hail the darkest night and the rebirth of the sun. In the Northern Hemisphere, the days are dimming, Yule is nigh, and the winter solstice, the proverbial long night of the soul, is at hand. The ...

PITTSBURGH (RNS) — The Rev. Aidan Smith is no stranger to the dark, he told the members of Trinity Cathedral gathered beneath soaring gothic archways lit by candlelight in downtown Pittsburgh, ...

WASHINGTON — The summer solstice, the official start of summer, is on Friday, June 20. For those north of the equator, the solstice marks the longest day and the shortest night of the year. The Earth ...