/tags/winter-solstice winter solstice en-US Copyright Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:57:00 GMT /2023-12-21/tonight-ancient-earthworks-turn-sunset-into-a-show Approximately 1,500 years ago, the Adena and Hopewell people constructed large geometric earthworks in what’s now Marietta, Ohio. To this day, the structures perfectly align with the setting sun of the winter solstice. Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:57:00 GMT /2023-12-21/tonight-ancient-earthworks-turn-sunset-into-a-show Erin Gottsacker /all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2010-12-20/lunar-eclipse-coincides-with-the-winter-solstice Ohio Wesleyan University Perkins Observatory director Tom Burns teaches us some backyard astronomy. Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:00:40 GMT /all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2010-12-20/lunar-eclipse-coincides-with-the-winter-solstice admin