New research suggests that a 'solar clock' based on the sun's magnetic field could be a more precise way of predicting dangerous solar flares that threaten communications systems on Earth ...

But that mystery is, of course, part of the draw — both of ancient cultures, and of the solar eclipses that we know they would have seen, regardless of whether they commemorated them with ...

He also wanted his creation to be left to operate unattended for years, theoretically — so solar power was a natch. The face of the clock consists of individual wavers of solar panel glued into ...