At the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice the upper half of the Earth is at its furthest lean away from the sun — leading to the shortest day and longest night of the year. The winter solstice ...

The winter solstice is Saturday, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere — ideal conditions for holiday lights and warm blankets. For those who would rather ...

Scientists outline the scientific and technical case for building a northern-hemisphere 30-meter telescope at La Palma to support time-domain and multi-messenger astronomy.

Although Earth’s two hemispheres lie on opposite sides of the planet and differ in many ways, they share a peculiar commonality—or at least they used to. The Northern and Southern Hemispheres ...

The December Solstice marks the beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere as the Sun takes its shortest trip across the sky.

A new study led by a University of Chicago climate scientist has revealed new theories about the relationship between storms and hemispheres. For centuries, sailors have understood that the Southern ...

As viewed on a weather map of the globe, no fewer than five powerful heat domes are swelling over the landmasses of the Northern Hemisphere. These zones of high pressure in the atmosphere, intensified ...

The famed groundhog predicted an early spring back in early February, and for much of the world, the changing season is indeed coming sooner than normal. This year’s vernal equinox, which marks the ...

The Northern Hemisphere just sweltered through its hottest summer on record, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The period from June through ...

For centuries, sailors who had been all over the world knew where the most fearsome storms of all lay in wait: the Southern Hemisphere. “The waves ran mountain-high and threatened to overwhelm [the ...