If you like to be exact about these things, this year’s winter solstice will occur this Saturday, December 21, at 4:21 a.m. EST. What Is The Winter Solstice? The winter solstice is the moment in ...

In 2024, the winter solstice is happening on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 4:19 A.M. EST in the Northern Hemisphere. Yep, it only lasts a brief moment, not a whole day, as many believe! The winter solstice ...

Nature prepares for its deepest slumber, and the year reaches a turning point on December 21st – the winter solstice. While the Northern Hemisphere experiences the longest night and shortest day ...

The winter solstice — the day marking the beginning of winter — occurs on the shortest day and longest night of the year.

The winter solstice - usually 21 December - is likely to fall during the Christmas holiday. It can be used at other times of the year to celebrate the beauty of the natural world and to support ...

In 2012, the largest funerary monument of ancient Greece was discovered in Amphipolis, in central Macedonia: the Kasta tumulus or Amphipolis Tomb. In 2015, researchers were able to confirm that it had ...

Culture is the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group, and it encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of ...

The winter solstice happens annually on December 21 or 22 when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted furthest away from the sun. As the days following the solstice progress, daylight hours will gradually ...

Summer begins on June 1st in the meteorological world, and June 21st astronomically. But strictly from the standpoint of the ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. It's cold and dark during winter. No wonder our days feel so short. Once the clocks go back in October, our days ...