25/08/2016 Newsround

Morning, guys!

Martin here with your first Newsround of the day.

First, we're heading to Italy, where rescue workers have been

searching overnight for survivors, following Wednesday's earthquake

which hit the centre of the country.

More than 400 rescuers used heavy equipment and dug

with their bare hands in search of people that had been trapped.

Over 200 people have died and many more have been injured as the work

to find people continues into its second day.

And remember, if there's anything in the news that upsets you,

head to Newsround online.

Scientists have discovered the closest planet to Earth,

outside our solar system where life could potentially exist.

Naz has been finding out more.

Take a look at the planet Proxima b.

These pictures are artists' impressions of what this

new world could look like.

It's been discovered in another solar system four light years away -

that's more than 25 trillion miles - but in space terms, this planet

is practically our neighbour.

It orbits around our nearest star called Proxima Centauri.

It's roughly the same size as Planet Earth and,

like our planet, scientists think it's a rocky, solid world.

It's not known if life exists on Proxima b, but scientists say

the temperature of the planet - not too hot or too cold -

means liquid water could potentially exist.

And where there's water, there's the possibility for life.

That's a big discovery.

There are hundreds of planets being discovered now every month,

but this is a really special one, that's the nearest one.

This happened once, it will not happen again.

Astronomers in South America made the discovery using a special

instrument on a telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory

in a desert in Chile.

Getting to Proxima b at the moment is pretty much mission impossible.

Even though it's the closest planet we've ever found,

it would still take thousands of years to get there.

But who knows?

Maybe, if there's super-fast space craft in the future,

it might be able to be reached in a human's lifetime.

And until then, it's still a pretty amazing discovery for scientists

to study and learn from.

Next, two of the big stars in Rio were Jack Law, who won silver

in the men's 3m diving event, and his partner Chris Mears,

who teamed up to win the Men's Synchronized

3m Springboard.

We asked you guys to send in your questions.

Here's what they said.

COMMENTATOR: Here they go.

Yes, come on! That is an Olympic medal for sure!

Curling. Yeah.

I think it's a pretty cool sport. Yeah.

We love watching the Winter Olympics, especially when...

The Winter Olympics is fantastic for us.

We never watch any, like, Alpine sports, but curling, for us,

it's a really cool sport.

I just love the whole slide and glide thing,

and the broom, it's really funny. It's really cool.

We really enjoy watching it.

Chris would the stone guy and I'd be the brusher guy,

Er, yeah. It was odd.

It was definitely odd. Wasn't worrying, though.

We were told that it was safe, so we were OK, but you know,

I've been diving for 14 years, and Chris has been diving for 16,

and we've never seen that in our lives, so...

But a green pool, that's ridiculous!

But you know, we dealt with it really well and came away

with a gold medal, so we're really happy.

Not complaining.

We do a lot of work with a psychologist,

where they basically help to get our mind right

on the day and come up with routines for us,

so that, when we are in that kind of competitive zone

at the Olympic Games, that we are able to hold our nerve

under pressure and, yeah, it's something we're pretty good at.

Yeah.

Both swimming when we were kids.

We did.

You know, if you learn to swim, that's a good

first step, basically. It's a good start.

And then, basically, it's just trying to find ...

I guess, speak to your parents and try to scope out

the nearest local diving pool. For me, it was half-an-hour away.

It's really good fun and, if you can, then definitely start.

That is a perfect place to start.

Good question.

Both of us started when we were seven years old.

We did.

I swum before and did a little spot of gymnastics,

but nothing serious, really, and took up diving

and now, 14 years later, I'm an Olympic gold medallist.

You know, if you are as passionate about something,

like diving as we are, then work hard and get through

the hard training sessions and end up with these.

Yeah, pretty good.

That's all from me.

Newsround's back in about half an hour.

Goodbye.