The UK's coldest season is about to begin - but when exactly does it start? Tomasz Schafernaker explains why there is more ...

The sun will set earlier each day into December, culminating in the shortest day of the year, or the winter solstice. The winter solstice marks the first day of winter, ushering in the colder ...

December 13-14: The Geminid meteor shower occurs between Nov.19 to Dec. 24 and this year will peak on the nights of Dec.13 ...

Did you know that winter begins on two different dates? It depends who you ask. The winter solstice is often classified as the season's first official day. But that isn't true, according to some ...

The exact moment of the winter solstice varies from year to year due to a slight misalignment between the Gregorian calendar and the actual rate of the Earth’s rotation around the sun.

By comparison, in the astronomical calendar, winter always starts at the winter solstice - or shortest day. This year, astronomical winter in the northern hemisphere begins on 21 December and ends ...

How do the two seasons compare? Alaska-based climatologist Brian Brettschneider calculated that the December 1 through February 28/29 meteorological winter is a better fit to the coldest time of year ...