Yule, or Jól in Norse, was an ancient festival celebrating the winter solstice and marking the return of the longer days ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Revelers gather at the ancient stone circle Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, near ...

Summer kicks off this week in the Northern Hemisphere with the summer solstice. The summer solstice marks the longest day and shortest night of the year. On Friday, the first full moon of the summer ...

The summer solstice sets off the official start of summer as the Northern Hemisphere angles itself at the point in its orbit closest to the sun, causing the longest day and shortest night of the ...

Saturday 21 June marks the Summer Solstice, or midsummer, when the longest day of the year is celebrated and summer officially begins. It’s when the sun reaches its northernmost position as seen from ...

Do you yearn for long days and short nights? Then this could be the best day of the year for you and your fellow sunlight seekers. The summer solstice falls late in the day on Friday, June 20 in the ...