Take That appear to tease 2024 UK football stadium tour
Take That appear to be teasing a huge stadium tour for next year.
2023-09-21 18:49
'I didn't know how to appreciate them!' Anne Hathaway felt 'badly' about herself in certain outfits
'The Devil Wears Prada' star Anne Hathaway used to feel "badly" about herself in certain outfits.
2023-09-21 18:28
Calculate your monthly student loan bill under Biden's SAVE plan
A new federal student loan repayment plan known as SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education) could lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers. Use CNN's calculator to see how much your monthly payment would be this year if you're enrolled in SAVE.
2023-09-21 18:20
Anime Studio Ghibli Acquired as It Struggles to Find Miyazaki Successor
Studio Ghibli, the animation house behind Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and other movies, will become a unit
2023-09-21 17:29
The Retirement Plan director Tim Brown has been inspired by John Wick
'The Retirement Plan' director Tim Brown was inspired by the 'John Wick' franchise in making the new movie featuring Nicolas Cage as a retired beach bum.
2023-09-21 17:29
Anitta chooses revealing outfits to show off her dance moves
Anitta chooses her outfits to show off her bottom when she dances.
2023-09-21 17:27
Shawn Levy refused to rely on green screen technology for Deadpool 3
Shawn Levy felt it was worth having photos from the 'Deadpool 3' set leaked if it meant that the superhero movie did not use green screens.
2023-09-21 17:22
Sufjan Stevens learning to walk again after being diagnosed with rare nerve disorder
Folk star Sufjan Stevens is currently physical rehabilitation after being diagnosed and treated for Guillain-Barré syndrome.
2023-09-21 17:17
A scientist has discovered when Earth's first continent was formed
A researcher has figured out that the Earth’s first continent was formed 3bn years ago, in a new paper that sheds fresh light on the early stages of the planet’s life. Jane Greaves, an astronomy professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University in Wales, was examining continent formation on distant stars and planets. It is thought that exoplanets with continents that formed in a similar way to Earth’s are more likely to be habitable, and perhaps even contain alien life. In the process, she calculated when several distant planets’ continents were born, as well as those a little closer to home. Continents on Earth sit on top of the planet’s hot, viscous mantle. Heat from the inner core stops the mantle from solidifying. The reason the core is hot is because it contains radioactive elements that came from neutron star collisions billions of years ago such as forms of Uranium, Thorium and Potassium. By analysing how many materials like this are present on Earth and on other planets, we are also able to estimate when the continents formed. On Earth, that was about 9.5 billion years since the beginning of the universe. Meanwhile, in Greaves' sample, the first continents appeared 2bn years before Earth’s on the exoplanets of younger, so-called thin disk stars. Older, thick disk stars analysed in her work produced rocky planets with continents that appeared even earlier: about 4 to 5bn years before Earth’s. “The outlook seems very promising for finding rocky exoplanets with continents, given that nearby Sun-like stars have already produced a few candidate hosts,” she wrote. The study, “When were the First Exocontinents?” is published in Research Notes of the American Astronomical SocietySign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-09-21 17:15
'Why are people so evil?' Leslie Jones blasts trolls over Ghostbusters death threats
'Ghostbusters' star Leslie Jones received death threats over her female-led reboot in 2016, and she has blasted Jason Reitman's response.
2023-09-21 15:27
Greta Gerwig 'nearly overwhelmed' by seeing Barbie in IMAX
Greta Gerwig is "nearly overwhelmed" by seeing 'Barbie' in IMAX and explains that the ultra high-definition screening is the best way to watch the summer smash.
2023-09-21 15:21
Ed Sheeran and J Balvin are set to drop joint album in 2024
Ed Sheeran and J Balvin are set to "merge two worlds" when they release a joint album next year.
2023-09-21 15:19