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Europe's deep-sea telescope on a hunt for the origins of the universe

Below the waves of the Mediterranean, Europe's KM3NeT neutrino telescope is on a cosmic hunt. Towering strings of sensors stretch a kilometer down to the seafloor, arranged in a vast 3D grid.
Phys.org

Before the melt begins, sea stars show hidden immune collapse and tissue failure driving a coastal die-off

Scientists are homing in on a mysterious wasting disease that has killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific coast of North America since 2013. Sea star wasting disease can rapidly wipe out entire ...
The New York Times

Scientists Finally Identify Killer Microbe Behind ‘Terrifying’ Sea Star Disease

A mysterious epidemic has wiped out billions of sea stars in recent years. A new study finally identifies the bacterium responsible. By Alexa Robles-Gil Christopher Harley, a marine biologist at the ...
NPR

Researchers find a culprit in sea stars' decline

A mysterious disease has been ravaging sea stars off the West Coast, leading to loss of entire kelp forests. Now, researchers have finally identified the culprit, opening new strategies for combatting ...