Alaska has entered its annual polar night, causing the sun to stay below the horizon for 64 days. Residents of Utqiaġvik, the northernmost town, will not see the sun again until January 22, 2026. This ...

New Delhi: Earlier this week, the town of Utqiagvik in Alaska saw its last sunrise and sunset. At least for the next 65 days, it will be shrouded in the darkness of the polar night. With winter ...

A map of the polar vortex that is bringing frigid temperatures to parts of the U.S. (AccuWeather) The first of three rounds of cold Arctic air from a shifting polar vortex has sent temperatures ...

Milwaukee is in for a frigid and snowy December, thanks to several polar vortex systems that will sweep through the United States in the coming weeks. A polar air mass from Canada is hovering over ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — As SpaceX launched the four-person crew of the Fram2 mission on Monday night, it was a takeoff for the history books as they will be the first humans to ever orbit Earth’s polar ...

The 2025 winter solstice falls on Sunday, Dec. 21, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern ...

At the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice the upper half of the Earth is at its furthest lean away from the sun — leading ...

Sunday is the shortest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical winter. It’s ...

On Sunday, Dec. 21, at exactly 10:03 a.m. EST, the Northern Hemisphere's astronomical winter officially begins with the ...

According to a forecast map shared by the agency, the states with the highest probability of seeing below average ...

Polar Night Energy will deploy an industrial-scale thermal energy storage unit for Lahti Energia’s district heating network in Vääksy, Finland. The sand battery will provide 2 MW of thermal output and ...