:00:07. > :00:08.Good morning, Ayshah here with the best stories
:00:09. > :00:12.Coming your way: Swimmers compete to be in team GB at the Olympics
:00:13. > :00:24.and it's lambing time down on the farm.
:00:25. > :00:28.Space now and experts once believed that reaching the closest star
:00:29. > :00:31.outside our solar system would take thousands of years.
:00:32. > :00:34.But now scientists say they may have come up with an idea to change that.
:00:35. > :00:37.Leah's been looking into the plan that could take us further
:00:38. > :00:43.Earth - just one of the planets orbiting our nearest star, the sun.
:00:44. > :00:46.We belong to a galaxy called the Milky Way - made up
:00:47. > :00:51.of at least 100 billion stars, with their own solar systems.
:00:52. > :00:54.So far, humans have sent a probe to Pluto -
:00:55. > :00:59.which is seven and a half billion miles away.
:01:00. > :01:05.The spacecraft Voyager 1 has reached the edge of our solar system -
:01:06. > :01:11.But now there's a plan to send spacecraft to a star in another
:01:12. > :01:15.solar system - 25 trillion miles away!
:01:16. > :01:18.Further than we've ever travelled before.
:01:19. > :01:21.Using the technology that exists at the moment,
:01:22. > :01:23.it would take a spacecraft 30,000 years to get
:01:24. > :01:30.But some of the world's best scientists now think that by making
:01:31. > :01:32.a spacecraft as small as a mobile phone chip,
:01:33. > :01:40.it could travel faster, meaning it could take just 30 years!
:01:41. > :01:47.We want to go and reach another star. It would be easy.
:01:48. > :01:52.Traditionally, it would take a long time, so this is rather a neat idea
:01:53. > :01:55.to have something we will hopefully see in our lifetime.
:01:56. > :02:00.spacecraft like these into the Earth's orbit.
:02:01. > :02:03.Each would have a solar sail and giant lasers on Earth would give
:02:04. > :02:06.them a powerful push, to send them on their way
:02:07. > :02:08.to reaching a speed of 100 million miles per second.
:02:09. > :02:11.There are lots of problems to be overcome before the first
:02:12. > :02:13.spaceships capable of going to other stars are built.
:02:14. > :02:15.But many scientists think that what was once a distant dream
:02:16. > :02:33.Man City fans will be very happy today as their team went
:02:34. > :02:35.through to the semi-finals of the Champions League.
:02:36. > :02:41.They beat Paris Saint Germain 1-0 with a late strike
:02:42. > :02:49.Excitement is building ahead of the 2016 Olympics.
:02:50. > :02:51.The pressure is on for athletes competing to be
:02:52. > :02:54.The swimming trials started in Glasgow yesterday.
:02:55. > :02:57.BBC reporter Nick Hope was there and has sent us this.
:02:58. > :02:59.Hello and welcome to Glasgow where we've seen some pretty
:03:00. > :03:02.World champion Adam Peaty kicked things off with
:03:03. > :03:04.a brilliant win in the 100 metre breaststroke final.
:03:05. > :03:07.His time of 58.41 seconds will be enough for him
:03:08. > :03:13.to make the British Olympic team this summer.
:03:14. > :03:16.Rival Ross Murdoch, who was racing in the pool he learnt
:03:17. > :03:18.to swim in, was second and should also go to Rio.
:03:19. > :03:22.Not trying to get a peak performance at trials like last year.
:03:23. > :03:24.Trying to get a peak performance at the
:03:25. > :03:28.The main job here was just to qualify.
:03:29. > :03:30.We are qualified now, so don't take that for
:03:31. > :03:35.The fastest swimmers always start in Lane 4 and that's
:03:36. > :03:38.exactly where James Guy began his bid to reach Rio.
:03:39. > :03:41.He powered clear of the other swimmers in the tough 400
:03:42. > :03:44.metre freestyle final to claim gold and an Olympic place.
:03:45. > :03:46.Scotland's Hannah Miley did the same in the
:03:47. > :03:50.400 metres individual medley, where you swim all four strokes,
:03:51. > :03:54.butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke and front crawl.
:03:55. > :03:57.Welsh star Jazz Carlin rounded things off with gold in the 200
:03:58. > :03:59.metres freestyle final and will look to make
:04:00. > :04:07.It's one of the busiest times of year for sheep farmers.
:04:08. > :04:09.Lambing season is when thousands of lambs are born.
:04:10. > :04:12.It all started in January and comes to an end this month,
:04:13. > :04:15.so Leah went to a farm in North Wales to find out how
:04:16. > :04:30.For Tom and Mali, it's the best time of year because they get
:04:31. > :04:34.to help their parents deliver thousands of lambs,
:04:35. > :04:51.They would go in a pen and with her and get fed and warm.
:04:52. > :04:53.What's the best thing about lambing season for you?
:04:54. > :04:56.There is always something different to do.
:04:57. > :05:02.You've got to get up really early if you want to help.
:05:03. > :05:06.And now the moment we've been waiting for.
:05:07. > :05:09.Tom is able to safely deliver a baby lamb - after years of practice.
:05:10. > :05:12.4000 lambs are expected to be born here, which makes it
:05:13. > :05:21.I enjoy lambing the sheep because it's fun when you get
:05:22. > :05:26.Last year, we had four that had four lambs.
:05:27. > :05:29.After a wobbly start to life, each new lamb
:05:30. > :05:32.is getting ready to explore their new home.
:05:33. > :05:43.This baby wallaby is winning hearts near Sydney in Australia.
:05:44. > :05:47.It was the size of a jelly bean when it was born and spent six
:05:48. > :05:52.It has three months to go until he can be fully independent.
:05:53. > :05:56.That's all from me, Newsround's back at 4.20 this afternoon.