When is the winter solstice? At sunrise this morning, about 15,000 people gathered at Stonehenge — the world’s most famous neolithic monument — to mark the arrival of astronomical winter in ...

The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, and is marked with traditions and ...

Chris Smith, 31, who had come to Stonehenge for the winter solstice for the first time, said he was there because of the 'spiritual draw of the area'. He said: 'This is all about renewal ...

As the first rays of sunlight pierced through the frosty morning sky, thousands of people gathered at the iconic Stonehenge monument to mark the winter solstice—a tradition that links humanity ...

Hundreds gathered at Stonehenge for the winter solstice, with Wayne, a 40-year attendee, calling it 'a pagan thing.' The 2024 solstice occurs at 9.21am GMT, with the shortest day lasting 7 hours 49 ...

Thousands of people including pagans, druids and dancers have gathered at the ancient Stonehenge monument for the winter solstice, marking the shortest day of the year. During sunrise at 8.09am ...

Saturday, December 21, marks the winter solstice. An optimistic way to view this astronomical first day of winter is that there are brighter and warmer days ahead. A realist might point out that ...

LONDON (AP) — It’s that time of year when crowds of pagans, druids, hippies and tourists head to Stonehenge in Britain to celebrate the winter solstice, with the shortest day and the longest ...

The winter solstice ushers in the astronomical winter ... One of the most famous solstice celebrations occurs at the ancient Stonehenge ruins in Wiltshire, England, where many gather to herald ...

Humans have been celebrating the winter solstice for thousands of years. Ancient civilizations built landmarks like Stonehenge in England and Torreon at Machu Picchu, Peru, to track the sun's ...

People take part in the winter solstice celebrations during sunrise ... AP/James Manning That follows from the recent discovery that one of Stonehenge’s stones — the unique stone lying flat ...

No one could see the sun through the low winter ... until the summer solstice in June. The solstices are the only occasions when visitors can go right up to the stones at Stonehenge, and thousands ...