Over 6,000 years old and still a site for worship, Stonehenge remains a unique place. As the first rays of the sun shine into ...

The solstice is one of the few occasions each year when visitors are allowed to walk among the stones, which are otherwise ...

Peak sunshine has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere — the summer solstice. Friday was the longest day of the year north of ...

Summer officially began Friday in the Northern Hemisphere with the longest daylight of the year at around 15 hours.

Thousands of people celebrated the winter solstice at Stonehenge, a place of worship in southern England. Some wore costumes, but tourists were also there. Lara Trump ends Senate bid after battle ...

Chris Smith, 31, who had come to Stonehenge for the winter solstice for the first time, said he was there because of the “spiritual draw of the area”.

Revelers cheered and beat drums as the sun rose at 8:09 a.m. (0809 GMT) over the giant standing stones on the winter solstice — the shortest day and the longest night in the Northern Hemisphere.

English Heritage’s Stonehenge director Steve Bax said: “It was fantastic to welcome around 4,500 people to Stonehenge this morning to celebrate winter solstice, and we were delighted that more ...