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Shortest Day, Longest Night: Winter Solstice Approaches — What to Know and Why It Matters

The winter solstice on 21 December 2025 marks the shortest day and longest night in the Northern Hemisphere. It also signals the start of astronomical winter, occurring when Earth's north pole is tilted furthest away from the Sun, resulting in the least daylight of the year.

International Business Times UK

When does winter start? Your guide to the 2025 winter solstice.

Astronomical winter begins Sunday, Dec. 21 in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's how the solstice works.

LiveScience

Reduced air pollution is making clouds reflect less sunlight

Winter is setting in across the Northern Hemisphere, and with it, cold and cloudy winter days. Clouds play a vital role in the environment, providing rain but also reflecting sunlight before it reaches the Earth’s surface.

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Utilities ETFs Could Power Up As Polar Vortex Threatens To Freeze The Grid

Forecasts are turning colder across the Northern Hemisphere, and utilities ETFs may deserve a closer look as a potential seasonal trade. Weather experts caution that a weakening polar vortex could allow Arctic air to sweep into the U.S., Europe and Asia this winter in a shift that could hike heating…

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Two green comets are streaming close to earth. Here’s how skygazers can see this rare occurrence

Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are visible to skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere

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Autumnal equinox 2025 brings fall to the Northern Hemisphere on Sept. 22

The autumn equinox brings fall to the Northern Hemisphere today when the sun passes over our planet's equator at noon.

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When is the fall equinox, and why does it happen?

On Monday, Sept. 22, day and night will be nearly equal in length as Earth's axis is side-on to the sun, officially beginning autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Key Atlantic current could start collapsing as early as 2055, new study finds

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation brings heat to the Northern Hemisphere and regulates the climate globally, but research suggests it could weaken significantly in the coming decades.

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Summer Solstice 2025 - horoscope, history, and rituals to celebrate the longest day of the year

The 2025 Summer Solstice is almost here and this is how you can mark the annual occasion and what gifts the Sun's peak could bring

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It’s the first day of summer. Here’s what happens on the longest day of the year

The term ‘solstice’ derives from the Latin words ‘sol’ for sun and ‘stitium’, meaning ‘pause’

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Sunshine abounds as the summer solstice arrives

Summer gets its official start in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the summer solstice

The Independent UK

Summer solstice 2025 brings changing seasons to Earth on June 20

The sun will reach its most northern point on June 20, marking the start of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Space

Hello, summer! June solstice brings the start of summer, and the longest day of the year, to North America

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, falls on June 20 this year in North America, and June 21 in Europe.

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The Milky Way will be visible across the US this month. Here's how to get the best views.

For those in midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, the arc of our galaxy becomes easier to see in May. Here's when and where to look.

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See spectacular photos from Saturday's partial solar eclipse

The partial solar eclipse on March 29 wowed skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Partial solar eclipse to be visible in skies across France on Saturday

A partial solar eclipse will take place this Saturday, with the Moon crossing in front of the Sun for approximately four hours. The celestial event will be visible across parts of the Northern Hemisphere, including France.

International Business Times

Partial Solar Eclipse To Cross Swathe Of Northern Hemisphere

Skygazers across a broad swathe of the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance to see the Moon take a bite out of the Sun on Saturday when a partial solar eclipse sweeps from eastern Canada to Siberia.

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Partial solar eclipse: How and where to see it in Europe this weekend

The Moon will take a bite out of the Sun on Saturday and will be visible around the Northern Hemisphere, including across Europe. Here's what to know.

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Partial Solar Eclipse In Northern Areas On Saturday

The moon will cross in front of the Sun for around four hours on Saturday, creating a partial solar eclipse that careful skygazers will able to see in parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

The Independent UK

Get ready for a partial solar eclipse across Europe and parts of North America and Africa

The moon will appear to take bites out of the sun during a partial solar eclipse in the Northern Hemisphere

Space

Spring equinox 2025: Say goodbye to winter in the Northern Hemisphere today

Spring officially begins today (March 20) with the vernal equinox, bringing longer days and warmer temperatures to the Northern Hemisphere.

The Independent UK

The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?

Spring gets its official start Thursday in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the vernal equinox

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Vernal equinox: How to see spring begin, just by looking at the stars

You can tell spring has officially begun in the Northern Hemisphere just by looking at the stars. Here's how to easily spot the Spring Triangle without a telescope.

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'Rising temperatures melted corpses out of the Antarctic permafrost': The rise of one of Earth's most iconic trees in an uncertain world

As the Atlantic grew wider, the ancestral population of all of today's oaks may have been straddling the continents of the Northern Hemisphere. If so, the ancestor of the oaks we know today was a widespread population that was cleaved in half as North America inched westward.

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Winter solstice 2024 brings shortest day of the year to Northern Hemisphere today

The winter solstice marks the official start of the astronomical winter, as the sun reaches its most southerly point in the sky as seen from Earth. This seasonal change occurs on Dec. 21, 2024.

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