BEFORE the time of the Scotch geologist, James Hut- ton, some 6,000 years was believed to indicate the age of the earth ... that if the sun contracts the ten-thousandth part of its radius enough ...

A partial solar eclipse on Saturday will make it look as if the moon has taken a bite out of the sun over parts of North ...

A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, completely obscuring the face of the sun. These solar eclipses are possible because the diameter of the sun is about ...

The exact time and place to catch this the solar eclipse on Saturday, 29 March as well as how best to see it and what to know about it.

THE Oxford translation of the third volume of Suess's great geomorphology will be welcomed as warmly as its predecessors, though this part of his work is perhaps of less educational value and a ...