http://www.messagetoeagle.com/ MessageToEagle.com - Latest News en RSS 1440 RSSeditor v0.9.48 (http://www.rss-info.com) Russia's North Pole 40 (SP-40) drifting polar research station has been ordered to evacuate due to the break-up of the ice floe it is located on. Russian Natural Resources Minister Sergei Donskoi ordered preparation of this necessary evacuation on Thursday... Thursday, 23 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/polarstationevacuation.php An extremely small, plant-eating dinosaur was identified by a team of paleontologists. This dinosaur lived in what is now southern Alberta in the Late Cretaceous, about 77 million years ago.... Thursday, 23 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/smallestdino.php Saturn's moon Titan might be in for some wild weather as it heads into its spring and summer, according to scientists. Scientists think that as the seasons change in Titan's northern hemisphere, waves could ripple across the moon's... Thursday, 23 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/titanweatherhurric.php In March an object 10 times brighter as anything seen before exploded on the Moon. This incident reminded our reader, Kathie in South Australia about a curious event she witnessed and photographed one month earlier... Thursday, 23 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/moonobjectfebruary.php Magnetars - the dense remains of dead stars that erupt sporadically with bursts of high-energy radiation - are some of the most extreme objects known in the Universe. When a massive star runs out of fuel, its core collapses to form a ... Thursday, 23 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/exoticneutronstars.php A rare and massive galaxy merger has been found in images taken by the Herschel space observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation. Follow-up studies by several telescopes on the ground... Wednesday, 22 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/galaxymerger.php As many as six species of alligator and four true crocodiles exist, although no more than two or three ever live alongside one another at the same time. Totally 14 different crocodile species existed about five million years ago, and... Wednesday, 22 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/crocodiles5millionyearsago.php RNA is capable of catalyzing electron transfer under conditions similar to those of the early Earth. In this new research, sponsored by the NASA Astrobiology Institute, the process was successful in 10 different types of RNA... Wednesday, 22 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/rnaearlylifeoxygenfree.php What is life? How does it come about? What exactly is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything? Do we live in a virtual world inside our heads? Is reality a mere illusion? Why should we be protective of our souls? These are just some of the very intriguing questions... Wednesday, 22 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/creationlifehowtomakeit.php It wasn't the cosmic collision that extinguished the mammoths and other species but the drastic change to their environment, according to a new study that finds evidence of a major cosmic event near the end of the Ice Age... Tuesday, 21 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/mammothsheridancave.php Astronomers systematically enrich their knowledge of stars located in our neighborhood and far away. Naturally, the most interesting stars are those that can help to reveal the future of our Sun that has been extensively studied... Monday, 20 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/subarusolartwinfound.php Invasive fire ants have been the real problem for residents of the Gulf Coast for years, but now, the situation worsens. The so-called "crazy ants" (tawny crazy ants) - Nylanderia fulva have arrived from South America. These powerful and invasive ants displace and reduce "fire ants"... Monday, 20 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/crazyfireantswar.php We have reported genetically modified E. coli bacteria that turn waste into fat for fuel and the metal-tolerant bacteria Cupriavidus metallidurans can withstand incredible amounts of toxicity in the process of creating 24-karat gold. Now, another super organism... Monday, 20 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/bacteriaelectricity.php The spiral galaxy M94 also known as NGC 4736 is somewhat unusual in that it shows a great ring of bright young stars. How many rings do you see... Monday, 20 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/ringoffiremessier94.php NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on "Cape York" with examination of a rock intensely altered by water. The fractured rock, called "Esperance," provides evidence... Monday, 20 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/opportunityesperancesolander.php Innsbruck physicists led by Rainer Blatt and Peter Zoller experimentally gained a deep insight into the nature of quantum mechanical phase transitions. They are the first scientists that simulated the competition between two... Monday, 20 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/quantumcompetition.php Violent days on the Sun continue - on 5:24 a.m. EDT on May 17, 2013, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed CME that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space that can reach Earth one to three days... Sunday, 19 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/cme17maydirected.php The object exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we've ever seen before, astronomers say. A new video reveals the huge impact. Anyone looking at the Moon at the moment of impact could have seen the explosion, no telescope required... Saturday, 18 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/brighthugeexplosionmoon.php Archeologists have a made an intriguing and puzzling discovery. Hundreds of strange metallic mysterious glowing spheres have been unearthed beneath an ancient temple. The purpose of these spheres remains an unsolved mystery for the moment. It looks almost like a wonderful underground planetarium. Saturday, 18 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/hundredsglowingspheres.php On May 31, 2013 at 1:59 p.m. Pacific (4:59 p.m. Eastern / 20:59 UTC), a massive asteroid, nine times larger than a cruise ship will safely pass Earth, at a 'distance of 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers), or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon... Saturday, 18 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/asteroid31may.php One of the most successful missions in NASA history may be coming to an end. NASA officials announced this afternoon that the Kepler spacecraft, which has found more than 2700 planetary candidates outside the solar system, has lost the ability... Saturday, 18 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/keplermalfunction.php An ancient pockets of water, isolated deep underground for billions of years and containing abundant chemicals known to support life, has been discovered by researchers from UK and Canada. This water could be some of the oldest on the planet and may even contain life... Friday, 17 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/oldestwateronearth.php Scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno and Stanford University propose a new device that would detect elusive gravity waves from the other end of the cosmos. Gravitational waves represent one of the missing pieces of Einstein's theory of general relativity... Friday, 17 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/einsteinmissingpiecetheo.php Scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn's largest moon Titan, with a radius of about 1,600 miles (2,574 kilometers), it's bigger than planet Mercury - and is the second-largest moon in the solar system. Friday, 17 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/titanmapcassinidata.php The Antarctic Peninsula, the biggest and most prominent peninsula in Antarctica, is in real trouble... Thursday, 16 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/antarcticpeninsulawarming.php A massive telescope in the Antarctic ice reports the detection of 28 extremely high-energy neutrinos that might have their origin in cosmic sources. Two of these reached energies greater than... Thursday, 16 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/extraterhighenergynetr.php On the gas giants at the edges of our solar system, Uranus and Neptune, hurricane-like storm systems as big around as Earth blow 1000 km/h winds for years on end. These planets are home to bizarre winds blowing at speeds of... Thursday, 16 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/weatherouterplanets.php This composite image of a galaxy illustrates how the intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to generate immense power... Wednesday, 15 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/newchandrasimagegravitybh.php We know that things that follow quantum rules, such as atoms, electrons or the photons that make up light, are full of surprises. They can exist in more than one place at once, for instance, or exist in a shared state where the... Wednesday, 15 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/natureisquantum.php Mysterious infrared radiation from space was discovered by astronomers in the 1970's and 1980's and this new infrared 'signature' suggested that PAHs - previously unknown to science - might be responsible... Wednesday, 15 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/pahsmolecules.php Glaciers in the Mount Everest region have shrunk by 13 percent in the last 50 years and the snowline has shifted upward by 180 meters (590 feet). Researchers have found evidence that the world's... Wednesday, 15 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/everestsnowmeltingrapidly.php APEX Telescope presents another spectacular view of Orion and its fiery ribbon... Wednesday, 15 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/cosmiccloudsorion.php The size of our frontal lobes cannot solely account for humans' superior cognitive abilities, researchers say. Research into the comparative size of the frontal lobes in humans and other species has determined that... Tuesday, 13 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/brainfrontlobeshumintelligence.php A technique, relying on Einstein's special theory of relativity, was used by astronomers searching for exoplanets. Kepler-76b, the so-called "Einstein's planet, as detected using the BEER algorithm, which looked for... Tuesday, 13 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/exoplaneteinstein.php The sun emitted a third significant solar flare in under 24 hours, peaking at 9:11 p.m. EDT on May 13, 2013. This flare is classified as an X3.2 flare. This is the strongest X-class flare of 2013 so far, surpassing in strength the two X-class flares that occurred earlier in the 24-hour period... Tuesday, 13 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/solarflaresimpacts.php On May 13, 2013, the sun emitted an X2.8-class flare, peaking at 12:05 p.m. EDT. This is the the strongest X-class flare of 2013 so far, surpassing in strength the X1.7-class flare that occurred 14 hours earlier. It is the 16th X-class flare of the current solar cycle and the third-largest flare of that cycle... Monday, 13 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/strongestsolarflare2013.php The fabled Hanging Garden of Babylon has since ancient times been recognized as one of the Seven Wonders of the World - but no trace of it has ever been found. The location of the legendary Hanging Garden of Babylon is still one of the great mysteries from antiquity. Monday, 13 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/hanginggardensbabylon.php On May 9, the daily mean concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, surpassed 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time since measurements began in 1958... Monday, 13 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/carbondioxidelevelmay.php Methane consuming microbes have been extensively studied by scientists. A few months ago, scientists reported methane-eating microbes and now another fascinating discovery. Monday, 13 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/methanethrivingorganisms.php 1,500-year-old mosaic is decorated with doves and peacocks was discovered... Monday, 13 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/mosaicisraelfound.php Direct imaging of exoplanets - one of important advances in technology - will give astronomers the ability to probe the makeup of planets outside our solar system. "In just one hour, we were able to get precise composition information about four planets around one overwhelmingly bright star"... Saturday, 11 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/foursurprisinglyinterestingplanets.php Expedition 35 Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn began a spacewalk at 8:44 a.m. EDT Saturday to inspect and possibly replace a pump controller box on the International Space Station's... Saturday, 11 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/spacewalkammonialeak.php Ice Age people living in Europe 15,000 years ago might have used words we would recognize today, according to a new study from the University of Reading. These words include: I, you, we, man and bark, that in some cases could still be... Saturday, 11 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/iceagewordsourwords.php Sunset is a special time of day. The sunset of May 26th will be extra special. On that date... Saturday, 11 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/planetsalignsunsetsky.php Busy with studying the atmospheres of two dead stars in the Hyades cluster 150 light years away - researchers at Cambridge and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the building blocks for Earth-sized planets... Saturday, 11 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/deadstarspolluted.php An image captured by NASA shows some kind of disc-shaped object above our planet. The image has caused intense debate. UFO believers say it's an extraterrestrial craft. Skeptics say it's just lens flare. Friday, 10 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/xfilesdiscnasa.php Yes, there is water on the Moon and it comes from our planet. A recent study suggests that the Moon's water did not come from comets but was already present on Earth 4.5 billion years ago, when a giant collision sent material from Earth to form the Moon. Friday, 10 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/moonwaterearth.php If you are thinking taking an IQ test to see how smart you are you might want to reconsider. According to to scientists there is nothing that can be defined as IQ. It is all just a myth... Friday, 10 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/iqmyth.php There are several underwater ruins in various places around the world and all of them could be part of Atlantis. The most detailed analysis ever of the archaeological remains of the lost medieval town of Dunwich, dubbed 'Britain's Atlantis' has been carried out... Friday, 10 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/britainatlantis.php There is a little-known but very spectacular underground eternal flame in Erie County, N.Y. Scientists now hope to shed more light on its origin. Thursday, 9 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/mysteryeternalflame.php Extremely complex evolution and disappearance of foamy bubbles, a feat that could help in modeling industrial processes have been mathematically described by scientists using Thursday, 9 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/bubblesmath.php The legendary lost continent of Atlantis appears in ancient myths and legends all over the world. Ancient people were familiar with a marvelous land that vanished a very ling time ago. Researchers have debated the existence of Atlantis for years. Thursday, 9 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/brazatlantis.php A never-before-seen cluster of hydrogen clouds strewn between two nearby galaxies, Andromeda (M31) and Triangulum (M33), have been discovered by astronomers objects using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope... Thursday, 9 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/neverbeforessencluster.php Online volunteers are being asked to search for 'space warps', very rare massive galaxies that bend light around them so that they act rather like giant lenses in space. Wednesday, 8 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/searchspacewarps.php The latest Star Trek movie, opening tomorrow, raises an eternal question: why are the Klingons (or Cylons or Daleks) always at roughly our technological level? Should we meet aliens, they will almost certainly either be at the bacterial level, or so advanced that... Wednesday, 8 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/firstencounteralienstartrek.php In February, a speeding asteroid slammed into our atmosphere and exploded high over Russia's Ural region, injuring hundreds and causing millions of euros of damage. What should we do if we... Wednesday, 8 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/asteroidrussianottheoretical.php We earlier informed about EVEX (Equatorial Vortex Experiment) - a NASA-funded sounding rocket mission, called that will help scientists better understand and predict the atmospheric storm... Wednesday, 8 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/evexmission2.php A Cambridge University-led team is being credited with having implications for psychological therapy. They have created a mobile phone app is promising to help you work out what triggers your... Wednesday, 8 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/feelblue.php Every year tourists from all over the world visit Mt. Shasta to experience the area's unique energies and vortex sites. But what exactly is a 'vortex', and how do you find one? The answer to that question largely depends upon who you ask. Tuesday, 7 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/shastaweirdvortexforest.php Does talking to your plants make them grow better? Researchers say: Yes! Having a neighborly chat improves seed germination... Tuesday, 7 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/talkingtoplants.php ESA's Herschel space observatory has made detailed observations of surprisingly hot molecular gas that may be orbiting or falling towards the supermassive black hole lurking at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy. Tuesday, 7 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/herschelhotgasmilkyway.php Mars' roughly 3.5-mile high Mount Sharp most likely emerged as strong winds carried dust and sand into Gale Crater where the mound sits. Tuesday, 7 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/marsmoundwind.php Seven years ago, Duke University engineers demonstrated the first working invisibility cloak in complex laboratory experiments. Now it appears creating a simple cloak has become a lot simpler. Monday, 6 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/newdiskfrisbee.php On June 30, 1908 "something" caused a huge explosion above the remote Russian forests of Tunguska, Siberia. The blast was extremely powerful. It had the explosive force of a 15-megaton nuclear weapon, shattering windows hundreds of miles away and lighting up the skies of the Northern hemisphere for days afterwards. Monday, 6 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/etrockstunguska.php When a massive star exhausts its fuel, it collapses under its own gravity and produces a black hole, an object so dense that not even light can escape its gravitational grip, according to a new analysis by Tony Piro, an astrophysicist at the California Institute of Technology... Monday, 6 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/birthofbhole.php Our bodies produce toxic chemicals, called oxidants. We are also able to fight them by eating foods rich in antioxidants such as blueberries and dark chocolate. Monday, 6 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/superoxidebacteria.php The world is changing. As greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere, global temperatures are on the rise. Sea levels inch upward as polar ice retreats. Crops are growing in new places. The world is changing. The question is, can life change with it? Monday, 6 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/glowingplantsiss.php Apocalyptic text is inscribed with ink in Hebrew over a large stone. It's the Gabriel Revelation - first published in 2007. It was discovered around the year 2000 in Jordan near the easterm shore of the Dead Sea. The so-called Gabriel Stone is authentic... Saturday, 4 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/gabrielrevstone.php In ancient times, the city of Thonis-Heracleion, known in modern tiles as the lost kingdom of Cleopatra served as a gateway to Egypt. Today, this mysterious legendary city is submerged in Egypt's Aboukir Bay, near Alexandria. Why the city sank remains a mystery, but it was swallowed by the Mediterranean Sea and has been buried in sand and mud for more than 1,200 years. Saturday, 4 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/updatelostkingdomcleopatra.php Albert Einstein once noted intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience. In a similar vein, the American psychologist Herbert A. Simon... Friday, 3 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/intution.php The University of Leicester archaeological unit that discovered King Richard III has spearheaded another dig and discovered a 1,700-old- Roman cemetery, under another car park in Leicester. Friday, 3 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/richardiiinewdiscovery.php Cosmos 1805 is a defunct Cold-War spy satellite that was launched in December 1986. Long forgotten by most it is still speeding around the Earth at 15,000 mph and it is far from harmless. This is the story of what happened when NASA's $500 million Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope almost died... Friday, 3 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/fermicosmos1805.php The robot known as GROVER (Greenland Rover and Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research), will roam the frigid landscape collecting measurements to help scientists better understand changes in the massive ice sheet. Friday, 3 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/groverrobotnasa.php For the first time, astronomers have identified discrete sources that account for nearly all the radio waves coming from distant galaxies... Thursday, 2 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/mostdetaileddistantuniv.php Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before... Thursday, 2 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/liveinspaceshiponearth.php At this early stage in the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system and beyond, the emphasis is on liquid water. Where it can exist on a planet's or moon's surface, so the thinking goes, life as we know it has a chance. Thursday, 2 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/exoplanetsalienalife.php At this early stage in the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system and beyond, the emphasis is on liquid water. Where it can exist on a planet's or moon's surface, so the thinking goes, life as we know it has a chance. Thursday, 2 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/exoplanetsalienalife.php Scientists have long been puzzled why Saturn is much brighter than expected for a planet of its age. New researchers from the University of Exeter and the Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon have shed light on how Saturn keeps itself looking young and hot. Thursday, 2 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/saturnyounghot.php Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have made a detailed study of an enormous cloud of hot gas enveloping two large, colliding galaxies. This unusually large reservoir of gas contains as much mass as 10 billion Suns, spans about 300,000 light years, and radiates at a temperature of more than 7 million degrees. Wednesday, 1 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/mapofcloudchandra.php How atoms of antimatter interact with gravity? Is there such a thing as antigravity? Wednesday, 1 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/antigravityyesorno.php There is no doubt plants are special in a number of ways. We have previously seen plants that can make music and sing. Plants are very much alive. Not only do they dislike human noise but they also posses the capacity to learn and communicate. Wednesday, 1 May 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/hiddenmapflowers.php Herschel telescope's great era ends... It was the first space observatory to observe the entire range of wavebands from the far-infrared to submillimetre, it had the highest sensitivity in its wavelength range... Tuesday, 30 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/herschelcosmicera.php Neurons in the nose could be the key to early, fast and accurate diagnosis of schizophrenia. An innovative method could... Tuesday, 30 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/schizophrenianose.php Tiny 1,900 million-year-old fossils from rocks around Lake Superior, Canada, has given the first ever snapshot of organisms eating each other and suggest what the ancient Earth would have smelled like... Tuesday, 30 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/smellofancientearth.php The first close-up, visible-light views of a huge hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole has been delivered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. In high-resolution pictures and video, scientists see the hurricane's eye is about 1,250 miles... Monday, 29 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/saturnhurricanefirstcloseup.php This fascinating ancient depiction - 1.40 m high by 50 cm wide - is surrounded by the symbols related to time and astronomical elements. The "wise man" or priest wears a zoomorphic helmet with a cape and underskirt decorated with triangles, a girdle and ankle bracelets and an ear plug. His mouth is open and his visible eye is closed. Monday, 29 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/uniquecarvingwiseman.php Sleep paralysis is a strange condition when you feel you are awake but cannot move. It happens when you are between the between stages of wakefulness and sleep. One can say that you are actually awake in your nightmare.... Monday, 29 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/sleepparalysisdemons.php Our environment is permanently electrified. During intense electrical storms, lightning strikes the Earth 50 to 100 times each second. These powers can damage everyone and everything, causing terrible forest fires, electric power outages, computer equipment, communications and even most sophisticated aircraft. Monday, 29 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/evexmission.php A startling prediction has been made by researchers who challenge existing chemical models and current understanding of planetary interiors. Magnesium oxide - a major material in the formation of planets... Sunday, 28 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/interiorplanetcompounds.php At the end of April, Saturn will put on a breathtaking display. On April 28th - Saturn will be closest to Earth--about 1.3 billion km away. If clouds intervene, don't worry... Sunday, 28 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/saturnattheendofapril.php Once a long time ago, this unique place was inhabited by an advanced civilization. Then, something happened and the city vanished consumed by the sea. Some say this is the world's oldest city and the underwater ruins are remains of the legendary city of Atlantis. Saturday, 27 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/pavlopetri.php We are not able to travel to the Earth's center with today's technology. It's doubtful that travel to this mostly unusual place might someday become feasible. So far, the deepest humans have drilled is just... Saturday, 27 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/earthcenterhot.php Did Maya develop almost entirely on its own in the jungles of what is now Guatemala and southern Mexico? Or was the Maya flourishing the result of direct influences from the older Olmec civilization and its center of La Venta? Thursday, 26 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/mayaolmeccomplexorigin.php A mysterious signal coming from a region of space between the constellations Pisces and Aries has been picked up on three different occasions by the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. The signal is very puzzling and does not resemble any known astronomical phenomenon... Thursday, 26 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/mystsignals.php For the first time, astronomers have observed how bursts of star formation have a major impact far beyond the boundaries of their host galaxy. These energetic events can affect galactic gas at distances of up to twenty times greater than the visible size of the galaxy... Thursday, 26 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/starburstsphenomena.php The twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft continue exploring where nothing from Earth has flown before. Both spacecraft are still sending scientific information about their surroundings... Thursday, 26 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/voyagerjourney.php Once again, Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, published in 1915, comes out on top. A strange stellar pair nearly 7,000 light-years from Earth has provided physicists with a unique cosmic laboratory for studying the nature... Thursday, 25 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/generrelativtest.php They say that a good night sleep can do miracles, but what do you do when you cannot fall asleep? Do you suffer from insomnia? If so, you are not alone... Thursday, 25 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/stimuluscontroltherapy.php Astronomers have released a new image of the outer atmosphere of Betelgeuse, one of the nearest red supergiants to Earth revealing the detailed structure of the matter being thrown off the star. Thursday, 25 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/hotspotsobservedbetelgeuse.php Scientists have long believed that lava erupted from certain oceanic volcanoes contains materials from the early Earth's crust. But decisive evidence for this phenomenon has proven elusive. New research from a team including Carnegie's... Thursday, 25 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/earthcrustdeepmantle.php White dwarfs can support habitable planets and with available within the next decade, it should be possible to detect biomarkers surrounding these planets - including oxygen and methane - that indicate the presence of life, scientists say... Thursday, 25 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/detectlifewhitedwarfs.php A new study indicates that the genetic markers in DNA of this first pan-European culture, were suddenly replaced around 4500 years ago. Scientists don't know why. A sudden genetic turnover remains unexplained... Wednesday, 24 April 2013 http://www.messagetoeagle.com/genetichisteurope.php