There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical ...

Thousands of tourists, pagans, druids and people yearning for the promise of spring have marked the dawn of the shortest day ...

Thousands of tourists, pagans, druids and people simply yearning for the promise of spring marked the dawn of the shortest day of the year Saturday at the ancient Stonehenge monument. Revelers ...

This illustration from the National Weather Service shows the tilt and rotation of the Earth on the winter and summer ...

Thousands gathered at Stonehenge on Saturday as they greeted ... a leap day is introduced every four years and when this happens, the equinox and solstice dates shift back to the earlier date.

Stonehenge, the iconic megalithic monument in England, is closely linked to the winter solstice. The builders of the monument ...

Pagans, druids and tourists all gathered at Stonehenge to celebrate the winter ... every four years and when this happens, the equinox and solstice dates shift back to the earlier date.

As the Earth travels around the sun, it does so at an angle. For most of the year, the Earth’s axis is tilted either toward ...

the equinox and solstice dates shift back to the earlier date. English Heritage’s Stonehenge director Steve Bax said: “It was fantastic to welcome around 4,500 people to Stonehenge this ...

The neolithic monument in Wiltshire is built on the alignment of the midsummer sunrise and the midwinter sunset.