Now, nearly a lifetime later, Cooper's book The Shortest Day, is a celebration of light gradually returning after the winter solstice. Saturday, Dec. 21, is the shortest day of the year in the ...

The Sun pauses at the tropics winter and summer (solstice comes from the Latin word sōlstitium or "Sun stand still"), because of the Earth's axial tilt, which is also about 23.5 degrees.

Happy winter solstice day, or not. For those loving the sunlight, Thursday was not a day to celebrate, as it marked the day with the shortest amount of daylight. The good news is for the next six ...

But it does have astronomical significance, and for Northern Hemisphereans it’s a happy one: Today, at 11:12 UTC (06:12 Eastern time) it was officially the winter solstice. That means the nights ...