winter solstice
Coverage of winter solstice in the Nexus archive.
- Southeast Michigan begins losing daylight at over one minute per day
Southeast Michigan is experiencing a rapid loss of daylight, with over one minute lost per day since July 8th. The region will have its last day with at least 15 hours of daylight on July 13th, with the rate of daylight loss slowing after the autumn equinox until the winter solstice. Weather forecasts include warm temperatures and scattered rain later in the week.
- Archaeology team unearths 'prototype' of world-famous Stonehenge monument just a few miles away
Archaeologists discovered a 5,000-year-old wooden structure near Stonehenge in southern England, predating it by 500 years. The structure, aligned with summer and winter solstices, included artifacts like pottery and a rare disc-shaped knife, suggesting it was a site for religious gatherings.
- Solstice-aligned 5,000-year-old monument ‘once in a lifetime find’, say archaeologists
Archaeologists with Wessex Archaeology have discovered a 5,000-year-old solstice-aligned monument near Wiltshire, potentially serving as a prototype for Stonehenge. The structure at Bulford, carbon-dated to 3000BC, predates the trilithon stones at Stonehenge by 500 years and aligns with summer and winter solstices.