MessageToEagle.com – On April 5, 1242, the famous “Battle on the Ice” was fought on Lake Peipus between the Teutonic and Livonian Knights, and the army of the Russian city of
MessageToEagle.com – A new discovery suggests that human DNA is less human than scientists previously thought. Nineteen new pieces of non-human DNA — left by viruses that first infected
MessageToEagle.com – Peering deep into the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals a rich tapestry of more than half a million stars. Except for
MessageToEagle.com – On April 4, 1581, Francis Drake was knighted after completing his circumnavigation of the world. Queen Elizabeth herself knighted him. He is documented as the second person
MessageToEagle.com – On April 3, 686, Maya king Yuknoom Ixquiac (Yuknoom Yich’aak K’ahk’) – “Jaguar Paw Smoke” assumes the crown of Calakmul, now a Maya archaeological site in the
MessageToEagle.com – The most detailed map of a small, rocky ‘super Earth’ to date has been created by an international team of astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge.
MessageToEagle.com – Charlemagne was born on April 2, 742 in Northern Europe. He was also known as Charles the Great (in English), Karl der Grosse, (in German) and Carolus Magnus
MessageToEagle.com – A newly discovered white dwarf, about 1,200 light-years away in the constellation Draco, has no hydrogen or helium at its surface. Instead, a star – nicknamed SDSS
MessageToEagle.com – On April 1, 1826, American Samuel Morey patented his “Gas or Vapor Engine” — the first internal combustion engine patent in the United States. Morey was the
MessageToEagle.com – Periodic mass extinctions on Earth, as indicated in the global fossil record, could be linked to a suspected ninth planet, according to research published by a faculty
MessageToEagle.com – On March 31, 1814, Tsar Alexander I of Russia at the head of the Coalition Army triumphantly marched into Paris, forcing Napoleon to abdicate a few days later. The
MessageToEagle.com – Scientists have used data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the NSF’s Jansky Very Large Array to determine the likely trigger for the most recent supernova in
MessageToEagle.com – On 30 March 240 BC, the first recorded passage of Halley’s Comet was observed by Chinese astronomers in the Chinese chronicle ‘Records of the Grand Historian’ (or
MessageToEagle.com – Your blood vessels may be tiny but they cover a lot of ground and could circle the globe. The network of blood vessels is startlingly very long,
MessageToEagle.com – New research suggests that some of Saturn’s icy moons as well as its famous rings might be younger than the dinosaurs. Their dramatic birth may have taken
MessageToEagle.com – Ancient super-eruptions in Yellowstone Hotspot track ‘significantly larger’ than expected, according to a new study. International team led by researchers from the University of Leicester has identified
MessageToEagle.com – On March 27, 1905, the brutal crime was solved using the newly developed fingerprinting technique. Fingerprint evidence taken from the cash box of a murder scene in
MessageToEagle.com – Titan’s tallest peak is 10,948 feet (3,337 meters) high and is found within a trio of mountainous ridges called the Mithrim Montes, according to a new study
MessageToEagle.com – The first battle of Gaza took place on 26 March 1917. The city of Gaza was the center of the main Turkish defensive position in southern Palestine. The first
MessageToEagle.com – On March 25, 1655, Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch amateur astronomer, discovered Saturn’s satellite Titan, named for its great size (half that of the Earth’s) and thought to
MessageToEagle.com – Solar storms are triggering X-ray auroras on Jupiter that are about eight times brighter than normal over a large area of the planet and hundreds of times
MessageToEagle.com – On March 24, 1401, Turco-Mongol emperor Timur, who in English became known as Tamburlaine, sacked the ancient and civilized town of Syria – Damascus, the second city of
MessageToEagle.com – On March 23, 2001, the Russian space station “Mir” ceased to exist. After floating in space for 15 years, Russian mission control fired engines on a rocket
MessageToEagle.com – Tristan da Cunha is a 38-square-mile volcanic outpost and the remotest inhabited island in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. It’s situated 1,510 miles southwest of
MessageToEagle.com – Astronomers have observed an extrasolar planet about 117 light-years from earth that boasts the most eccentric orbit yet seen. A team led by San Francisco State University
