The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, marking the period with the fewest hours of daylight. It also represents ...

How long is the shortest day of the year? Here's how many hours of daytime you'll get on the first day of winter in ...

The community is invited to a Winter Solstice gathering Dec. 21 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Balsam Moon Preserve around a simple ...

A reanalysis of the data from the "rubber-ducky" comet 67P, collected nearly a decade ago, suggests comets may have deposited a lot more water on Earth than scientists previously thought.

The sun may be the key to all life on Earth, but it is not the reason global temperatures have been rapidly rising in the ...

Every year on the 21st of December, the northern hemisphere experiences the shortest day of the year and the beginning of winter. Of course, this doesn’t mean there are less than 24 hours in the day, ...

Just as astronomers use powerful telescopes to peer into the vast expanse of the universe, climate scientists use ...

In just a few days, the winter solstice will take place, meaning Michiganders can start looking forward to longer days and ...

Geoscientists have created a new climate record for early Antarctic ice ages. It reveals that the early Antarctic ice sheet melted more rapidly than previously thought.

Although New York has already seen its first few snowfalls and chilly temperatures of the season, it's not technically winter ...

We experienced the earliest sunset until next winter, but daylight is still in short supply. To know why, we need to look to ...

Periods of sudden melting in the Antarctic ice sheet have been unearthed in a new climate record from over 20 million years ...