On the winter solstice, the sun sets in alignment with mounds A and B. At the event, visitors will hear from modern Native descendants of the Mississippian people about the historic site’s ...

With some of the shortest days of the year ahead, here's what to know about the winter solstice as well as sunrise and sunset times in the Chicago area. When will the sun rise and set this week in ...

The ancient Stonehenge monument near Salisbury in Wiltshire was aligned on a sight-line that points to the winter solstice sunset. It is thought that the winter solstice was actually more ...