23/02/2017 Newsround


23/02/2017

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Hello, welcome to Newsround, I'm Jenny.

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First - to a discovery that's out of this world.

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Literally.

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Scientists have found a record SEVEN Earth-like

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planets, orbiting one star.

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It's hugely exciting for experts, because all of them could

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have the right temperatures for water to exist -

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something that's key to supporting life.

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Here's Professor of Astrophysics, Tim O' Brien, to explain more.

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This is a model of the solar system.

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You can see the earth with the moon orbiting around us.

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The most distant planet in our solar system is Neptune,

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its 4.5 billion kilometres away.

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That's a huge distance but we've managed to scale it down

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in this model to fit underneath this ceiling.

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These new planets are orbiting a star and that's

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40 light-years away.

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Such a vast distance we couldn't possibly fit it in this room.

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In fact, it's not even in this building.

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In fact, it's not even in Cheshire.

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It would be as far away as Cardiff.

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These exo-planets, planets outside our solar system,

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orbiting their own star, or 400,000 billion kilometres away.

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The reason scientists are so excited about the discovery of these planets

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is that some of them could be earthlike, so rocky planets,

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maybe even harbouring oceans on the surface.

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That's the sort of place you might find life exists.

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We really are living in exciting times -

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where finding hundreds, thousands of these other planets

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in other solar systems and we may well at some point in the future

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find life on one of these alien planets.

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Thanks, Tim.

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Now back on Earth - winds of nearly 90 miles

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per hour have been recorded in Western Ireland, as Storm Doris

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hits the British Isles.

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These pictures are from Blackpool this morning.

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Heavy snow is expected in Scotland - and there are wind warnings

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for parts of England and Wales.

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Here's weather forecaster Simon King with what you need to know.

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Storm Doris has arrived on our shores.

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It's going to give us some pretty rough weather

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over the next day or so.

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This is the pressure chart.

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These white lines are isobars, quite close together,

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that indicates really strong wind.

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Doris is also going to give us snow.

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There is a warning out in force for parts of Scotland.

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It could see 20-30 centimetres by the end of the day.

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Making snowmen and having snowball fights later here.

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But further south, really strong winds will develop.

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Really take care.

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It will move through North Wales, into parts of England,

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the Midlands, towards East Anglia and the south-east.

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These are really strong gusts, and have the potential

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to blow over fences, bins, could cause damage.

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Definitely today, one to stay safe.

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Thanks, Simon.

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Massive congrats to Little Mix - the girls have won their

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FIRST BRIT Award...

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The group kicked off the biggest prizes in British music,

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with this show-stopping performance of Shout-Out To My Ex -

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which was later named Best Single.

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Thank you very much!

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Honestly, we didn't know where to go because we didn't think

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we were going to get it.

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We were just sitting chin wagging. Cheers to our exes.

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For helping us do an amazing song!

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This is for you, lads!

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Five years together and still going strong,

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these guys are my best friends!

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Long may it continue, I love you guys so much!

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And despite being on a break - there was an award for

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the One Direction boys.

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History took home Best British Video -

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and Liam was there to collect the prize.

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This is amazing, thank you so much.

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I know I speak on behalf of the rest of the boys when I say we cannot

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believe we are still winning these.

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And the sheer devotion that our fans have shown online

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is absolutely amazing.

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We've been taking time out to work on solo

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material but One Direction is who we are and who

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we always will be.

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Well done, 1D.

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But the moment that's got everyone talking,

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is when one of Katy Perry's backing dancers went in the WRONG direction

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and took a bit of a tumble.

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It happened right at the end of the star's performance

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of her new single, Chained to the Rhythm.

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Oh, dear!

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For what else happened last night - go to Newsround online

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for our BRIT Awards picture gallery!

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Leicester city have kept alive their hopes of reaching the last

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eight of the Champions League, after losing narrowly to Sevilla.

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Kasper Schmeichel saved a penalty early on, but couldn't

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prevent his team going 2-0 by the hour mark.

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But Leicester rallied and Jamie Vardy made sure

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they would go through to the second tie, with a crucial away goal.

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That's all from me, Newsround's back right here at 8.15am.

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Enjoy your breakfast!

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