That is how Alexander Gagliano, the lead author of a new paper in The Astrophysical Journal, characterized SN 2023zkd, a supernova unlike anything observed previously. Discovered in July 2023, the ...

The origins of the Black Death are a mystery no more, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. The Black Death was a plague caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis that first ...

The Black Death, the world’s most devastating plague outbreak, killed half of medieval Europe’s population in the space of seven years in the 14th century, shifting the course of human history.

From the Plague of Justinian and the Black Death to polio and AIDS, pandemics have violently reshaped civilization since humans first settled into towns thousands of years ago. No one can know ...

Yet when an editor at the Free Press called in the summer of 1997, asking whether I would consider doing a book on the Black Death, which swept through Europe in the 14th century, I had my doubts.

Climate change could re-awaken ancient diseases and even the Black Death, according to an Oxford University professor. Higher global temperatures would melt ice sheets that store long-buried bacter… ...

The Black Death, dying out in the 17th century, lost the fight. The last great epidemic was in 1670 - after that smallpox took over as the number one infectious disease killer.

The Black Death’s gruesome, powerful hold on the human psyche is readily understandable. But why is it that so many people yearn for a return to the cold, miserable conditions that spawned the ...

This article is more than 10 years old. The Black Death, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, wiped out 30 to 50 percent of Europe's population between 1347 and 1351.