At Stonehenge in England, the sun rises in perfect alignment with one of the stones on the winter solstice, and even today, people gather to witness this ancient phenomenon. Similarly, Newgrange in ...

On my recent December birthday, a card I received wished me: "Many happy returns." "I'm down with that," I thought to myself. "Lots more birthdays sound like a good thing." But I have since learned ...

British researchers who have spent years studying Stonehenge are proposing a novel purpose for the monument's existence.

A few days ago, we made it through the inky tunnel of the year’s longest night. Now, for some of us anyway, here comes the ...

I’m sure you’ve noticed that the days are getting longer. Well, maybe not; the change is only by seconds so far. So probably you’re still grumpy about how it gets dark before you’ve even finished work ...

Thousands of people celebrated the winter solstice at Stonehenge, a place of worship in southern England. Some wore costumes, ...

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

Thousands of people gather at the ancient English monument of Stonehenge to greet sunrise on winter solstice, the northern hemisphere's shortest day of the year.

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

Whatever its original purpose, Stonehenge today retains an important place in Britain’s culture and history and remains one ...

The Los Angeles Chargers dusted off one of the most obscure rules in the NFL book to land a field goal before halftime on ...