In an appendix to the paper, Thomson ventures an estimate of the age of the sun. This is the first attempt, made by a physicist, to compute the age of our great luminary and to prepare a mortuary ...

Researchers said that as the sun ages and becomes brighter and hotter, it will accelerate the breakdown of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This process is a crucial one for photosynthesis ...

Scientists have predicted future glacial periods by matching Earth's past ice ages to its orbit around the sun. But their new ...

Scientists say small changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun hold the key in major global changes in climate, like ice ...