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Monday, November 12, 2012

The total solar eclipse on Tuesday can be followed internet


Live To observe the total solar eclipse on Tuesday 13 November, several scientific expeditions have moved to the Australian state of Queensland. One is 'Mission eclipse', which, in collaboration with the Newspaper of Catalonia, and Alumni UB (University of Barcelona), cover the relay from a privileged location in Cairns (Queensland), overlooking the Barrier Reef Pacific Ocean.

5 ½ years of solar flares


Although at first fleeting look the sun seems always the same, their activity is actually some activity cycles of about 11 years, discovered in 1843 Samuel Heinrich Schwabe, after 17 years of observations of sunspots.

It is often said that last eleven years have actually seen cycles of nine and fourteen others.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Scientists found ancient tools that were used 70 thousand years ago


Total found 27 microlites whose length does not exceed three inches. Scientists have found that they were used 71,000 years ago.

In the south of the continent near the town of Mossel Bay is a lot of caves that were once inhabited the prehistoric man. This place is studied by anthropologists in 2000 and is known as Pinnacle Point. Scientists believe that there is hidden a lot of traces of Homo sapiens, so there is under active exploration.