Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The Northern Hemisphere’s shortest day and longest night of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern ...

There’s something so magical about the winter solstice. It’s often snowy and blustery outside, kind of like the setting of a movie, and because it happens in the midst of the holiday season, it also ...

Cold temperatures and wintry weather hit Western North Carolina hard earlier in December, but as we start the first day of winter, we have thawed a bit. The winter solstice signifies the beginning of ...