Space 18 June 2020 By Leah Crane The Milky Way and surrounding dwarf galaxies Lynette Cook/Science Photo Library One of our neighbouring galaxies is dying, and it’s the Milky Way’s fault. Our galaxy is nearly done ripping the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy to shreds, according to a series of simulations of the pair’s epic dance. The…
By Jason Arunn Murugesu This dazzling infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows hundreds of thousands of stars crowded into the swirling core of our spiral Milky Way galaxy.NASA/JPL-Caltech Magnetic fields in the early universe may have shrunk the volume of our galaxy by close to 30 per cent. The compression that causes this…
By Jonathan O’Callaghan Stars in the Milky Way’s central bulge have close encounters with one anotherESO/NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Kornmesser/R. Hurt When a star passes another star, any planets orbiting them can be flung into space, destroying what could once have been hospitable solar systems. And while rare in the outer parts of our galaxy, such events might…
8 min read Below is the real, full chat transcript of an exchange between a Men's Health reader with dating anxiety — we'll call him "William” — and ChatGPT. We showed this back-and-forth to Rufus Spann, PhD , sex therapist and founder of Libido Health, and asked him for his thoughts on the quality and
Today we revisit some of the topics we’ve covered in the past months. Published: May 24, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week The World Health Organization (WHO) said this week that more countries need to improve their ability to monitor populations for foodborne diseases. Although gradual progress is evident
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the diversion of a Detroit-bound plane to Canada over Ebola concerns on CBS News’ CBS Mornings on May 21. Gounder also discussed how the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has been declared a global health emergency on Fox’s LiveNOW on May 18. Click here