Until Galileo kick-started modern astronomy in the early 1600s, the record of the sun’s activities was basically blank—or so scientists thought. To shed light on our star’s history, researchers at Kyoto University in Japan have begun to comb through ancient texts. So far they have found dozens of apparent references to sunspots, auroras and […]
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Ancient documents show sunspots, auroras and other solar activity before Galileo
July 1st, 2016 Awake Goy
Russian military removes all mines & bombs in historic Palmyra
April 21st, 2016 Awake Goy
“The task of clearing the architectural and historical part of Palmyra of explosives has been fully completed,” the head of the Russian Army’s engineering unit, Yury Stavitsky, reported from Syria to President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. Starting from April 2, Russian engineers with the help of Uran-6 robots and specially trained dogs have cleared 234 […]