New research reveals what really caused the Black Death - The Brighter Side of News

Black Death arrived in the Mediterranean through trade ships transporting goods from the territories of the Golden Horde along the Black Sea.

Scientists share groundbreaking image of the 'cosmic web' connecting 2 galaxies near the dawn of time - Livescience.com

After hundreds of hours of observations, researchers captured a highly detailed image of a long filament of the "cosmic web" connecting two distant galaxies. The discovery opens new windows for understanding how structures form and evolve in the universe.

Supercomputer runs largest and most complicated simulation of the universe ever - Livescience.com

Frontier, the second fastest supercomputer in the world, used dark matter and the movement of gas and plasma rather than just gravity to model the observable universe.

When fossil hunters found an ancient sinkhole in a Florida river, they couldn’t believe what was inside it - BBC Discover Wildlife

How the scientists of the 1960s turned the Moon into a place - Aeon

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination

Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel - Tech Xplore

Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source.

Get Stoked to Stargaze This Year! 9 Astronomy Events You Can’t Miss. - Outside

From supermoons to a total eclipse to the national park’s biggest and best-attended star parties, these are the must-see celestial shows of the year

New Fossils from China Fill Gap in Early Evolutionary History of Birds - Sci.News

Paleontologists have unearthed the fossilized remains of two Jurassic bird species at a locality in Zhenghe county, Fujian province, southeast China.

The ninth planet in our solar system could soon be revealed by this new telescope - farmingdale-observer.com

The hunt for our solar system's elusive ninth planet has captivated astronomers and space enthusiasts alike. Recent developments suggest that we may be on the brink of a groundbreaking discovery, one that could reshape our understanding of our cosmic neighbor…

Edits to Vera Rubin’s Biography Downplay the Need for Women in Science Amid Federal DEI Crackdown - Gizmodo

To comply with Trump's executive order about DEI, a federally funded telescope project has altered the biography of its namesake astronomer.

Mars Is Rocked by Epic Quakes, And They Don't All Come From Within - ScienceAlert

Incredibly powerful marsquakes that violently shake the red planet don't always begin under the surface, research shows.

The New NASA RIF Directive Is Now Online - NASA Watch

This directive has appeared online at NASA

Homing in on ∆g: Study nearly nixes negative gluon spin - Phys.org

Researchers have been working for decades to understand the architecture of the subatomic world. One of the knottier questions has been where the proton gets its intrinsic angular momentum, otherwise referred to as its spin.

AI program plays the long game to solve decades-old math problems - Phys.org

A game of chess requires its players to think several moves ahead, a skill that computer programs have mastered over the years. Back in 1996, an IBM supercomputer famously beat the then world chess champion Garry Kasparov. Later, in 2017, an artificial intell…

Scientists Simulated a Quantum Apocalypse. Then the Universe Disappeared. - Yahoo

Luckily “false vacuum decay” would take millions of years to occur, if it happens at all.

Underwater fossil bed discovered by collectors preserves rare slice of Florida's past - Phys.org

About half a million years ago, several horses, sloths and armadillos fell into a sinkhole in Florida's Big Bend region and died. The sinkhole filled in with sediment over time, preserving the animals where they lay until fossil collectors Robert Sinibaldi an…