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Stephanie Rice finally celebrating birthday with a bang today

September 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, Sep 19 (ANI): Australian swimming beauty Stephanie Rice is all set to celebrate her 21st birthday today-almost two months after her actual birthday-in a grand bash.

The Olympic star had to postpone festivities because of the world champ meet in Rome in July.

But, today, she will start her birthday celebrations at the Marriot Hotel, and roam across town with her gang in a giant luxury Hummer.

The party will swing over to Portside at Hamilton, where she will be cutting her birthday cake, reports the Courier Mail.

The swimmer celebrated her real birthday with a single piece of cake at a family do back on June 17.

According to reports, Rice has sold the rights to cover the bash to New Idea magazine. (ANI)

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Planck spacecraft obtains first peek of big bang’s ‘afterglow’

September 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, September 18 (ANI): European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Planck spacecraft has obtained its first peek at the afterglow of the big bang, revealing it in unprecedented detail.

The ESA spacecraft was launched into space on May 14 this year. It is observing the glow of hot gas from just 380,000 years after the big bang, called the cosmic microwave background (CMB).

According to a report in New Scientist, the detailed properties of this background may contain hints of hidden extra dimensions or multiple universes, as well as providing clues to what caused a brief, early period of incredibly rapid cosmic expansion.

Planck began surveying the microwave background on August 13, a few weeks after reaching its planned perch 1.5 million kilometres from Earth at a point called L2 and cooling its detectors to within 0.1 degrees Celsius above absolute zero.

Now, the Planck team has released the probe’s first image, an observational strip covering about 5 per cent of the sky.

Slight variations in temperature from place to place in the early universe give the image its mottled appearance.

“With a few per cent of the data in, you can see it’s working well and delivering good stuff,” said team member George Efstathiou of the University of Cambridge.

Planck is expected to provide the most detailed all-sky map of the cosmic microwave background yet, improving on the best current map, obtained by NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), which launched in 2001.

Planck’s detectors have more than 10 times the sensitivity of WMAP’s, and about 2.5 times the angular resolution.

“Every strip that Planck scans, we’re getting data that is many, many times more sensitive than WMAP,” Efstathiou told New Scientist.

Although Planck was only designed to observe the sky for 15 months, the team believes it could last for more than 30 months, based on new estimates of how long its coolant will last.

The extra time will allow Planck to measure the radiation with even greater precision, since it will scan the entire sky four times – two more than originally planned. (ANI)

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Natalie Cole makes comeback after kidney transplant op

September 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, September 11 (ANI): R andB singer Natalie Cole made a comeback to the stage and performed at a concert in Hollywood after fighting severe health conditions for almost a year.

“I really do have to say … it really is a miracle time. It’s a miracle night for me. I never thought I’d be standing here healthy and whole and 100 percent,” People magazine quoted her as telling the crowd present.

The singer was diagnosed with Hepatitis C in April last year.

Apart from treating the liver disease with chemotherapy, she also battled kidney problems later that year.

However, she was back with a bang at the Hollywood Bowl belting out hits like ‘This Will Be,’ ‘Our Love,’ and ‘Unforgettable’

She said: “My heart is very full tonight, and I know a lot of you know why. It’s just good to be back. You know what I’m saying?

“You know, things don’t always go the way we want it to. Things happen unexpectedly. You got to take the good with the bad.”

Cole also brought the attention of the audience to health problems.

She said: “One in eight people has kidney failure. That’s a lot of people and I never thought it would happen to me, but here we are.”

She described the phase she was ill as “a real tough journey.” (ANI)

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Freddie out for dinner with missus and family after Ashes victory

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug.24 (ANI): England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who is to go under the knife on Tuesday, will take his wife Rachael, parents and kids out for dinner, to celebrate the return of the Ashes with the 197-run victory over Australia at The Oval.

“I will take the missus out for dinner and spend the day with my family. But I’ll be ‘nil by mouth’ after midnight on Monday because of the operation,” The Sun quoted him, as saying.

Freddie hurled and hugged his son Corey and sister Holly, five, after the win, while Rachael brought one-year-old son Rocky down from the stands.

Freddie’s emotional dad Colin, 57, joined the wild celebrations, shedding tears of joy as he enjoyed the magical moment. The star’s proud mum Susan also came over to give him a hug.

Fred, who will have an operation to fix a knee injury tomorrow, said: “This is a special moment. I was nearly in tears when I saw my Mum up there. It’s like a dream, quite surreal at the moment. I don’t know what to do with myself.”

The Lancashire hero admitted he would not be repeating the boozy antics which saw him in a near-daze as he celebrated England’s last Ashes triumph in 2005.

The party mood spread nationwide last night among thrilled fans who’d seen England thump fierce rivals Australia to win the fifth and deciding Test by 197 runs.

The resounding victory ensured they clinched the summer series 2-1 and reclaimed the coveted Ashes urn they lost Down Under in 2006.

Captain Andrew Strauss said: “The guys have done amazingly. When we were bad we were very bad, and when we were good, we managed to be good enough.”

The squad headed straight from the pitch to the players’ lounge for a post-match party.

A security guard revealed two more crates of booze had to be sent in early in the evening after the stars nearly drank the bar dry.

The England squad left the Oval in a convoy of taxis just after 11 p.m. to continue their celebrations at their East London hotel.

Fans partied in pubs around the ground – many draped in England flags. England and Aussie supporters drank side by side. Downing Street also saluted the squad last night.

A spokesman said: “The Prime Minister will be writing to congratulate them on their exhilarating victory.”

London Mayor Boris Johnson, called England’s win an “incredible triumph”.

Even gutted Australians praised England in defeat. Tim Hussey, 28, from Melbourne, said: “It was an epic series. And I’m pleased Freddie went out with a bang.” (ANI)

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Personality traits associated with chronic worrying can lead to early death

August 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): Too much worry and stress can lead to early death, at least in part, as people are more likely to engage in unhealthy behaviours, such as smoking, say researchers.

In this study, the researchers from Purdue University looked at how smoking and heavy drinking are associated with the trait.

“Research shows that higher levels of neuroticism can lead to earlier mortality, and we wanted to know why,” said Daniel K. Mroczek, a professor of child development and family studies.

“We found that having worrying tendencies or being the kind of person who stresses easily is likely to lead to bad behaviours like smoking and, therefore, raise the mortality rate.

“This work is a reminder that high levels of some personality traits can be hazardous to one’s physical health,” he added.

Researchers suggest that a person with high neuroticism is likely to experience anxiety or depression and may self-medicate with tobacco, alcohol or drugs as a coping mechanism.

The study showed that smoking accounted for about 25 percent to 40 percent of the association between high neuroticism and mortality.

The other 60 percent is unexplained, however, it is possibly attributed to biological factors or other environmental issues that neurotic individuals experience, Mroczek added.

Mroczek said that a better understanding of the bridge between personality traits and physical health can perhaps help clinicians improve intervention and prevention programs.

“For example, programs that target people high in neuroticism may get bigger bang for the buck than more widespread outreach efforts,” he said.

“It also may be possible to use personality traits to identify people who, because of their predispositions, are at risk for engaging in poor health behaviors such as smoking or excessive drinking,” he added.

The findings are published in Journal of Research in Personality. (ANI)

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Dark energy may not actually exist

August 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, August 18 (ANI): A new research by scientists has claimed that dark energy – the mysterious substance thought to make up three-quarters of the universe – may not actually exist.

The concept of dark energy was created by cosmologists to fit Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity into reality after modern space telescopes discovered that the Universe was not behaving as it should.

According to Einstein’s work, the speed at which the Universe is expanding following the Big Bang should be slower than it actually is and this unexplained anomaly threatened to turn the whole theory upside down.

In order to reconcile this problem, the concept of dark energy was invented.

But now, according to a report in the Telegraph, Blake Temple and Joel Smoller, mathematicians at the University of California and the University of Michigan, believe they have come up with a whole new set of calculations that allow for all the sums to add up without the need for this controversial substance.

The research could change the way astronomers view the composition of our Universe, as it may prove that dark energy doesn’t exist at all.

The Standard Model of Cosmology, which describes the evolution of the Universe, begins with the Big Bang.

Astronomers have recently observed that the galaxies are accelerating as they move away from each other, and cosmologists have sought to explain this unexpected acceleration by introducing the concept of dark energy, which permeates space, propels matter, and accounts for nearly 75 percent of the mass-energy in our Universe.

The new research is likely to be equally controversial as the work it purports to challenge especially as it relies on our galaxy being at the centre of the Universe – a concept that has been generally disregarded in modern science.

According to Dr Malcom Fairbairn, particle cosmologist at King’s College London, “Ever since the concept of dark energy was first mentioned, people have been trying to explain it or explain it away. It is a mystery and an inconvenience.”

“This is one attempt at it. Whether it is right only time will tell,” he said. (ANI)

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History’s worst inventions revealed

July 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 14 (ANI): Exploding dogs, flying cars, and parachute suits are some of history’s worst inventions, according to a new book.

Authored by Eric Chaline, ‘History’s Worst Inventions’ describes some of the funniest and freakiest ideas that have gone awry.

Published by New Holland Publishers, the tome is priced at 10.99 pounds, reports the Sun.

Some of history’s worst inventions are:

Anti-tank dogs (1939-1945)

During World War Two the Russians faced the mechanical might of the German Army’s tanks, which made Soviet engineers to create canine mines or “anti-tank dogs”. The dogs, fitted with explosives, would be starved before battles and trained to search for food under vehicles, where they would explode.

But the biggest problem was the dogs often ran towards their own lines, blowing up tanks on their own side.

The Parachute Jacket (1912)

The “flying tailor” Franz Reichelt jumped from the Eiffel Tower to demonstrate his parachute overcoat. Huge crowds gathered to watch the magical event.

Sadly things didn’t go to plan, and he fell to his death.

The Flying Car (1930s)

Waldo Waterman created two Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-style flying cars between 1930-40. The American inventor’s 20ft-long Aerobile had a top air speed of 112mph and he flew it from California to Ohio.

It was never put into commercial production because of technical problems and flight regulations.

Wicker Chair Spaceship (1500)

A Chinese official named Wan Hoo dreamed up the idea of flying to the moon using 47 large rockets strapped to his wicker chair. For his first flight, he instructed his servants to light the rocket fuses ready for blast off. There was a huge explosion but when the smoke cleared Wan had disappeared.

Mythical tales told of him living in space but recent reconstructions show he was probably blown to bits.

Animal testes as cure for erectile dysfunction (19th Century)

Before testosterone was discovered, Mauritian-born Dr Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard (1817-94) injected himself with his preparation made from the testes of guinea pigs and dogs.

He believed it would stave off old age and improve his potency, but his tests flopped.

The TWIKE (mid-1980s)

Short for two in a bike, the pedal-powered three-wheeler TWIKE looked like a kids’ toy. An updated Nineties version had an AC motor and could hit 53mph.

Despite sounding like a good idea, the Swiss firm behind the machine are said to have sold just 2,000 of their machines.

Betamax (1975)

Sony lost billions of pounds with their failed Betamax video format in 1975. It was blown out of business by the release of VHS a year later.

Sony’s 100 per cent share of the VCR market in 1975 shrunk to just 25 per cent by 1981 as a result. (ANI)

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Earliest stars in Universe may have been twins

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, July 10 (ANI): Astrophysicists, using extremely detailed computer simulations, have determined that the earliest stars in the universe formed not only as individuals, but sometimes also as twins.

The robust simulations of the early universe were created by astrophysicists Matthew Turk and Tom Abel of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, and Brian O’Shea of Michigan State University.

“We used to think that these stars formed by themselves, but now we see from our computer simulations that sometimes they have siblings,” said Turk.

“These stars provide the seeds of next generation star formation, so by understanding them we can better understand how other stars and galaxies formed,” he added.

To make this discovery, the researchers created an extremely detailed computer simulation of early star formation.

Into this virtual universe, they sprinkled primordial gas and dark matter as it existed soon after the Big Bang, data they obtained from observations of the cosmic microwave background.

This mostly uniform radiation – a faint glow of radio waves spread across the entire sky – contains subtle variations that reflect the beginning of all structure in the universe.

The simulations focused on the first Population III stars: massive, hot stars thought to have formed a mere several hundred million years after the Big Bang.

As the researchers watched their simulated universe evolve, waves of gas and dark matter swirled through the hot, dense universe.

As the universe cooled, gravity began to draw the matter together into clumps. In areas rich with matter, stars began to form.

In one out of the researchers’ five simulations, a single cloud of dust and dark matter formed into “twin” stars: one with a mass equivalent to about 10 suns, and one with a mass equivalent to about 6.3 suns.

Both of them were still growing at the end of the calculation and will likely grow to many times that mass.

“We ran five of these calculations starting from the beginning of the universe, and to our surprise one of them was special,” said Abel.

“This opens a whole new realm of research possibilities. These stars could evolve into two black holes, which could have created gravitational waves we could detect with an instrument like the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory,” he added.

“This will help us fine-tune our models for how structure in the universe formed and evolved. Understanding the very early stars helps us understand what we see today,” Turk said. (ANI)

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Famous motorcar Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ banned from procession

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Jul 9 (ANI): Famous motorcar Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has been banned from taking part in a lord mayor’s procession because it does not have an MoT.

Thousands of people had been looking forward to seeing the famous flying car, but cops said that they would not bend the rules.

“Our priority is the safety of the public and we cannot make exceptions,” the Sun quoted spokesman Harry Mitchell as saying.

The vehicle, which featured in the classic 1968 film of the same name, was due to join a huge parade through Norwich on July 11.

“Although the road is closed for the procession, it is still classed as a public highway and the DVLA is clear that all vehicles in the procession need to be fully covered,” Helen Selleck, the city council’s events manager, said.

The car was due to be displayed by Norwich’s Theatre Royal.

“We are very disappointed Chitty will not be seen on the streets,” spokesman John Bultitude added. (ANI)

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Sandra Bullock has deadly well of evil in her, jokes co-star Ryan Reynolds

July 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, July 6 (ANI): Sandra Bullock has a “bottomless well of evil” in her, her ‘Proposal’ co-star Ryan Reynolds jokingly says.

The actor, who plays assistant Andrew Paxton to the actress’ character Margaret Tate, said that Sandra was quite a natural in playing the catty character.

“There is a bottomless well of evil in her. It could unleash at any moment, froth over and kill you all,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

The beauty was no less mischievous when questioned about her character.

She told BANG Showbiz: “The inspiration for Margaret? You know what? I’m a b***h. In real life, I am a b***h. I am an actress and I act nice and play nice.”

She added: “Honestly, it was written up well, and when something is written like that you just bring little details and characters that you thing will help a bit.” (ANI)

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Christian Audigier questions Posh’s sense of style

July 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, July 6 (ANI): French clothing guru Christian Audigier doesn’t find Victoria Beckham’s clothing line impressive.

In an interview to Bang Showbiz, Audigier said that Posh was in a difficult position as she had no formal training.

“Victoria, I’m not sure about. I like her, she’s a nice girl, but she is not completely my style,” Contactmusic quoted Audigier as saying.

“I have seen some of her designs – they are very simple. It’s difficult for an artist or a singer to enter into the world of fashion.

“They need to be with a real pro because you can’t just rely on your name to help you sell.

“The way to sell and who to sell to and what you want to accomplish, these are all things you will need help with if you’re entering into the world,” he added.

However, according to Audigier, Posh’s soccer star husband David has an amazing style.

“I believe David Beckham has amazing style, he has this British and European twist with him. And he always dresses himself, picks everything himself,” he said.

“He can wear so many things well, whether it is shirts, a T-shirt with boxer shorts, or alternatively the Armani advert he did recently – he just looks great. He has a great attitude, I just love it.

“He is a real tough guy with his style, very English, like a Guy Ritchie movie or something like that, I like that,” he added. (ANI)

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Pattinson finds fame ‘strange’, says co-star Bower

July 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): Robert Pattinson may have won many hearts around the world after playing vampire Edward Cullen in the film ‘Twilight’, but he finds the attention a little strange, according to his co-star Jamie Campbell Bower.

Bower, who plays Caius in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, said that Pattinson was trying to get accustomed to being a worldwide star, reports the China Daily.

He told BANG Showbiz: “Robert is coping with it all very well. I think he is finding all the attention a bit strange. I met all the cast for the first time when we started shooting the second film. It was fun.”

He added: “I hung out with them and they are lovely people. There is always a connection with actors that you work with – it doesn’t matter it you like them or not. There is always a connection.” (ANI)

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Cosmic ‘whips’ may be detected with gravitational waves

July 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 6 (ANI): A new research has determined that cosmic ‘whips’, which are topological defects in space-time larger than the observable universe, can be detected with the help of gravitational waves.

Many theories predict the existence of cosmic strings.

They say that space-time should have universe-sized snags called ‘cosmic strings’ running across it, but none have yet been found.

That could be because they broke into a tangle of smaller strings and beads soon after the big bang, say scientists.

The imprint of their extremely high gravity was expected to be seen in the cosmic microwave background – the radiation left over from the big bang – or as gravitational lenses that bend distant light towards us.

But, no convincing evidence has been seen.

Ben Shlaer of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and colleagues, told New Scientist that the lack of evidence could be because the strings were unstable and split into smaller and smaller pieces soon after they formed.

The first strings could have been gigantic closed loops or extremely large fragments that terminated in “beads”.

These beads would have been so-called monopoles – analogous to a magnet’s north or south pole without its partner.

As the strings broke, the team’s analysis shows that their split ends would have been capped off by more monopoles, eventually leading to a universe filled with fragmented strings with beads at their ends.

In an infant universe, these high-tension strings would have been whipping around, accelerating the massive beads to relativistic speeds.

These would have generated tight beams of gravitational waves, which could still be traveling through space-time.

“It’s possible that if you wait long enough, one of those highly focused bursts would hit the Earth, and that would cause one of our gravitational wave detectors to chirp,” said Shlaer.

The first cosmic strings were unstable and split into small pieces capped by monopoles.

Those detectors include the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory, which is currently being upgraded, and the upcoming Laser Interferometer Space Antenna.

“The possible frequency range of the waves is exceptionally large, “raising the hope of detection” of cosmic strings,” said theoretical physicist Henry Tye at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. (ANI)

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Self-conscious Johnny Depp hates watching his own movies

July 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, July 2 (ANI): Johnny Depp has revealed that he does not like watching himself in movies, and would like to remain that way.

The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star said that he avoided seeing himself in the mirror, despite being one of Hollywood’s most admired faces.

“If I can avoid the mirror when I brush my teeth in the morning I will. I find security and safety in the most profound degree of ignorance. If you can just stay ignorant about just about anything you will be OK. Just keep walking forward,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

“It is OK to notice things, but to judge things will bog you down, so I don’t like to watch myself in movies. I don’t like to be aware of the product, I like the process. That is not my fault. I didn’t do it. I was there but I didn’t do it,” he added.

The 46-year-old further unravelled the secret behind his looks.

He joked to BANG Showbiz: “I would say the way I look is down to clean living. Most definitely. If you can avoid wine I would do it. And liquor definitely. Most definitely don’t smoke – anything. Stay in your room and watch reality television. That is how I do it.” (ANI)

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How dairy foods are nutritional bang for the buck

July 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, July 2 (ANI): A daily consumption of dairy products like milk, cheese, and yogurt can provide a unique package of nine essential nutrients at a low cost per serving, according to a recent review.

Several prominent nutrition researchers have detailed an updated review of the health benefits of consuming dairy foods, which contributes to the well-established evidence that consuming three to four daily servings of dairy foods each day is a convenient and affordable way to get several key nutrients.

Dairy products help in improving the following:

Child nutrition

Children and adolescents between the ages of 9-18 need, on average, four servings of dairy foods a day to meet calcium recommendations and at least three servings to meet magnesium recommendations. Adolescents who do not regularly consume dairy, on average, only meet 40 percent of the Adequate Intake for calcium.

Bone health

The evidence supports the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendation to meet nutrient needs through foods, including dairy foods, rather than supplements. Studies continue to show that dairy foods provide a unique nutrient package beneficial for bone mass and play a major role in lifelong bone health.

Cardiovascular health

Low-fat and fat-free dairy foods play a key role in the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, which has been shown to lower blood pressure and prevent hypertension. Eating the recommended servings of dairy foods can lower blood pressure and is associated with a lower risk of developing high blood pressure.

Healthy weight

Studies have shown that dairy foods may favourably impact body composition and weight maintenance, particularly in overweight or obese adults who consume three servings of dairy foods daily while moderately reducing daily caloric intake.

Shortfall nutrients

Dairy foods play a vital role in building a diet that contains the nutrients Americans consistently do not consume enough of including calcium, potassium and magnesium. The most practical way to meet these nutrient recommendations may be to add an additional serving of dairy to the current daily recommendation.

The review has appeared in a supplement to the current issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition (JACN). (ANI)

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Milky Way survived ancient heat wave because of dark matter

July 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, July 1 (ANI): A new theory by scientists says that our Milky Way galaxy survived intense heat generated by the “ignition” of the Universe about half-a-billion years after the Big Bang, because it was already immersed in a large clump of dark matter that trapped gases inside it.

Tiny galaxies, inside small clumps of dark matter, were blasted away by the heat that reached approximate temperatures of between 20,000 and 100,000 degrees centigrade, according to the scientists, including experts at Japan’s University of Tsukuba.

The researchers said that the early Milky Way, which had begun forming stars, held on to the raw gaseous material from which further stars would be made.

This material would otherwise have been evaporated by the high temperatures generated by the “ignition”.

Using computer simulations carried out by the international Virgo Consortium (which is led by Durham), the scientists examined why galaxies like the Milky Way have so few companion galaxies or satellites.

Astronomers have found a few dozen small satellites around the Milky Way, but the simulations revealed that hundreds of thousands of small clumps of dark matter should be orbiting our galaxy.

Dark matter is thought to make up 85 per cent of the Universe’s mass and is believed to be one of the building blocks of galaxy formation.

The scientists said the heat from the early stars and black holes rendered this dark matter barren and unable to support the development of satellite star systems.

According to Joint lead investigator Professor Carlos Frenk, Director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology, at Durham University, “The validity of the standard model of our Universe hinges on finding a satisfactory explanation for why galaxies like the Milky Way have so few companions.”

“The simulations show that hundreds of thousands of small dark matter clumps should be orbiting the Milky Way, but they didn’t form galaxies,” he explained.

“We can demonstrate that it was almost impossible for these potential galaxies to survive the extreme heat generated by the first stars and black holes,” he added.

“The heat evaporated gas from the small dark matter clumps, rendering them barren. Only a few dozen front-runners which had a head start on making stars before the Universe ignited managed to survive,” he further added.

By providing a natural explanation for the origin of galaxies, the simulations support the view that cold dark matter is the best candidate for the mysterious material believed to make up the majority of our Universe. (ANI)

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Kylie Minogue ‘ropes in Girls Aloud songwriters for comeback’

June 23, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, June 23 (ANI): Kylie Minogue has reportedly roped in songwriters behind the success of Girls Aloud for her big comeback.

The Aussie singer was said to have asked hit-making duo Xenomania, who helped the all girls band score 20 consecutive Top Ten singles, to pen smashes for her next album.

“Kylie has been a huge fan of Xenomania for ages,” The Sun quoted a source as saying.

“With the girls off pursuing solo plans before their next album, she feels the time is right to work with the team who provided them with such staggering success,” the source added.

Xenomania, producers Brian Higgins and Miranda Cooper, previously teamed up with Kylie on her 2005 single Giving You Up, which grabbed the No 6 spot in the charts.

The source added: “Kylie wants to come back with a bang. Her last album, X, sold quite well but it wasn’t the triumphant return to form many people hoped for.

“By working with Xenomania she hopes she can create a really coherent album which will connect her right back to the pop market.” (ANI)

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Cosmic “ghost” found lurking around supermassive black hole

May 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 29 (ANI): NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a cosmic “ghost” lurking around a distant supermassive black hole, which is the first detection of such a high-energy apparition, and may be evidence of a huge eruption produced by the black hole.

The X-ray ghost, so-called because a diffuse X-ray source has remained after other radiation from the outburst has died away, is in the Chandra Deep Field-North, one of the deepest X-ray images ever taken.

The source, a.k.a. HDF 130, is over 10 billion light-years away and existed at a time 3 billion years after the Big Bang, when galaxies and black holes were forming at a high rate.

“We’d seen this fuzzy object a few years ago, but didn’t realize until now that we were seeing a ghost”, said Andy Fabian of the Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.

“It’s not out there to haunt us, rather it’s telling us something – in this case what was happening in this galaxy billions of year ago,” he added.

Fabian and colleagues think the X-ray glow from HDF 130 is evidence for a powerful outburst from its central black hole in the form of jets of energetic particles traveling at almost the speed of light.

When the eruption was ongoing, it produced prodigious amounts of radio and X-radiation, but after several million years, the radio signal faded from view as the electrons radiated away their energy.

However, less energetic electrons can still produce X-rays by interacting with the pervasive sea of photons remaining from the Big Bang – the cosmic background radiation.

Collisions between these electrons and the background photons can impart enough energy to the photons to boost them into the X-ray energy band.

This process produces an extended X-ray source that lasts for another 30 million years or so.

“This ghost tells us about the black hole’s eruption long after it has died,” said co-author Scott Chapman, also of Cambridge University. “This means we don’t have to catch the black holes in the act to witness the big impact they have,” he added.

This is the first X-ray ghost ever seen after the demise of radio-bright jets.

In HDF 130, only a point source is detected in radio images, coinciding with the massive elliptical galaxy seen in its optical image.

This radio source indicates the presence of a growing supermassive black hole.

“This result hints that the X-ray sky should be littered with such ghosts, especially if black hole eruptions are as common as we think they are in the early Universe,” said co-author Caitlin Casey, also of Cambridge. (ANI)

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Jordan’s ex-lover tells cops he was with her during ‘suspected drink-driving car crash’

May 27, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, May 27 (ANI): There seems to be more trouble in Jordan’s life because her former lover Dane Bowers, interrogated in connection with a suspected drink-driving case, has told cops that he was staying with Jordan at the time of the car crash being probed.

The police rushed to Jordan’s mansion after neighbours heard a “huge bang” at 4am only to find Bowers standing next to the car.

However, Dane claimed that the car was crashed by a thief, and that he was with Jordan at the time.

Officers are waiting to question Jordan to verify whether the statement given by Dane is true or not.

Though the crashed car was owned by Dane’s pal Adam, the car keys were found in Dane’s pocket.

“They were taken to a station to work out who was driving – and that is when Mr Bowers said Jordan could give him an alibi. Exactly what he was doing with Jordan is not part of the investigation,” the Sun quoted a police source as saying.

“She is just needed to verify he was where he was when he said. She will be asked if Mr Bowers drove away from the address or if she understands the car was taken,” the source added.

Meanwhile, Dane was banned for 16 months for drink-driving in 2004. (ANI)

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Smokey Robinson praises Timberlake, Carey, Keys’ outstanding talents

May 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 25 (ANI): Veteran singer Smokey Robinson has praised modern day performers like Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys for their outstanding musical talents.

The R and B and soul legend believes the current artists are on their way to becoming lasting icons for being the exceptional voice of their generation.

“There are some wonderful talents out there and their music will live on.

There’s a bunch of them, I can name Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey, there’s a bunch of them. I know there’s some good music being made by great young artists,” Contactmusic quoted him as telling BANG Showbiz.

The 69-year-old further said that their talent was often marred due to excessive negative attention laid on their lives.

He added: “People look at music nowadays and there is far less censorship than there used to be so people tend to draw their attention to the negatives.

This is not only true in music but it all of our lives – the news is always so negative, we are drawn towards the negative, so the negative music is out in the forefront of people’s minds.” (ANI)

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