The Winter Solstice is a cosmic phenomenon that marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year in a specific hemisphere. It usually happens around December 21–22 in the Northern Hemisphere ...
On Sunday, Dec. 21, at exactly 10:03 a.m. EST, the Northern Hemisphere's astronomical winter officially begins with the winter solstice. That's the moment when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cold temperatures and wintry weather hit Western North Carolina hard earlier in December, but as we start the first day of winter, ...