22/09/2014 Newsround

Afternoon, guys - Martin here with a 400 million mile space journey and

what could be the biggest cat fan ever all coming up on Newsround.

Let's start with the latest mission to Mars.

This morning a new spacecraft entered

the red planet's orbit as part of a project to test whether it could,

It's a journey that has taken ten months but this morning, these were

the scenes when the NASA spacecraft finally reached its test the

nation, Maas. Since setting off last November, it has travelled more than

400 million miles through space and with a final push, it entered the

red planet 's orbit. The plan now is to circle the planet for a year as

part of a plan to use study the atmosphere. Experts think this

part of a plan to use study the what Mars looked like billions of

years ago, very similar to Earth. Scientists hope that by studying

their atmosphere, they can find out how it went from this to be dry and

barren planet is his now. It's not the only craft looking at the

planet. They are already exploring and digging below it to find out if

there was ever life on Mars. All and digging below it to find out if

this interest in the red planet is aimed at beginning another, bigger

goal. All our mission is as up to enabling us to find out how humans

would be able to go to Mars, survive for long periods of time, colonised

the planet over time. That's in our future. It may be light years away

but NASA hoped that one day there will be hope for humans out of this

world. Edinburgh zoo, in Scotland,

has confirmed it won?t be hearing the pitter patter

of panda cub paws any time soon. Today they announced that Tian Tian,

their giant female panda, Experts had hoped she might give

birth to the first giant panda cub But the latest tests show

that's not going to happen. The zoo say she is

in good health though. And from one endangered species to

another - and attempts to try and stop the falling numbers

of one of the UK's rarest toads. We sent Ayshah on the hunt for one

of nature's hardest to spot breeds. I have come here to this big reserve

in Dumfries in the South of Scotland and I'm on the lookout for something

which is hard to find, and natterjack toad. They usually live

in salt marshes in small groups. This environment is unprintable and

can leave the toads without much access to fresh water. Since the

70s, their numbers have been falling. Experts think there are

only 60 left in this part of Scotland. The best time to spot them

is at night with one of these and one of these. I have a toad exposed

here. Some toads can be poisonous so it's best to leave it to

specialists. We have been searching for hours but

we couldn't spot a single natterjack toad so why's it to find one? They

need sand dunes, they don't hibernate in the winter and they dig

a borough, it keeps them nice and warm. -- they go and hibernate. If

they are found, there are measured and photographed on this information

goes into a big database. Everybody has different fingerprints. The line

on the back of the toad is different to every individual toad, and we

have found some small toads that have emerged this year, we have

pictures of them. The toads that are found will help scientists keep

track of these endangered species. Now it's time for me to hop off.

Well, sticking with nature, head over to the Newsround website

to find out why spiders could be a bit bigger than usual this autumn.

Loads of you have emailed in about your spidey sightings -

So if you see any spiders, or webs, around your house,

Be careful though, and make sure there's an adult with you if you do.

Finally, if you think you're a bit of a cat lover -

Silvana here, from Kent, has 50 feline friends living with her.

She says their unconditional love is why she is so crazy about them.

That's all from me - Newsround's back right here in