Dozens of mysterious structures across the Northern Hemisphere – some nearly 5,000 years old – align precisely to frame the rising and setting Sun on midwinter's shortest day.

The winter solstice, famously the shortest day of the year, is nearly three weeks behind us. So why has the sun been rising later than it did on Dec. 21? Like much of our day and night cycles, the ...

The 2025 winter solstice falls on Sunday, Dec. 21, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern ...

(NEXSTAR) — Sure, the sun setting earlier means you can appreciate the holiday lights strung on cars and houses earlier in the day. It would be hard to do that if the sun didn’t set until after 8 p.m.