:00:00. > :00:00.Hi, I'm Ricky with all the top stories this morning,
:00:00. > :00:11.Nasa launches a super balloon to the edge of space.
:00:12. > :00:29.First up, the International Space Station has been
:00:30. > :00:34.This week it achieved a truly epic milestone.
:00:35. > :00:41.The International Space Station has passed its 100,000th
:00:42. > :00:51.It's travelled more than 2.6 billion miles.
:00:52. > :00:56.That's about the same distance as ten trips from Earth to Mars.
:00:57. > :00:59.The ISS is home to six people, who circle the Earth every 90
:01:00. > :01:01.minutes, and get to enjoy a spectacular sunrise
:01:02. > :01:13.And it's been part of 1,922 scientific investigations.
:01:14. > :01:15.It's been 15 and a half years of continuous human presence
:01:16. > :01:21.Over 220 astronauts and cosmonauts from 18 different countries have
:01:22. > :01:28.The Space Station travels at around five miles per second,
:01:29. > :01:35.Pretty fast for something that's 357 feet long.
:01:36. > :01:37.That's about the same length as a football pitch.
:01:38. > :01:40.The ISS probably won't reach 200,000 orbits before it's retired,
:01:41. > :01:46.but for now, this spacecraft has some more cruising to do.
:01:47. > :01:51.It's a tribute to the team that designed it, that put it together;
:01:52. > :01:53.the programmes that keep us flying safe.
:01:54. > :02:07.Sticking with space now, and Nasa have successfully launched a super
:02:08. > :02:31.cubic metres and will carry out near-space investigations.
:02:32. > :02:33.Scientists say the balloon will circle the globe once every one
:02:34. > :02:36.to three weeks and will be visible from the ground in some countries.
:02:37. > :02:40.The aim is for it to stay in the air for more than 100 days.
:02:41. > :02:42.Almost a textbook launch. We were all just spot on.
:02:43. > :02:44.Football now, and Liverpool are fighting for the Europa League
:02:45. > :02:47.They're taking on defending champions Sevilla in the final,
:02:48. > :02:51.We asked Liverpool fans to tell us what a win
:02:52. > :03:14.to have your say go to the Chat page online.
:03:15. > :03:16.Next: They're loud, they're large and living in people's back gardens.
:03:17. > :03:20.These peacocks are on the move in Suffolk in the East of England.
:03:21. > :03:22.The birds have damaged plants, cars and woken people up
:03:23. > :03:25.No-one seems to know where they came from.
:03:26. > :03:28.A local farmer has offered to take them in - but catching the peacocks
:03:29. > :03:39.to re-home them is proving to be very difficult.
:03:40. > :03:50.We have had some spectacular failures at catching them.
:03:51. > :03:56.That involved two local councillors, a local doctor, and some people with
:03:57. > :04:00.nets. Within seconds, the Peacock was on the roof!
:04:01. > :04:02.Finally, it's the question hundreds of thousands of people across social
:04:03. > :04:05.media have been debating: Are these emojis the same monkey making
:04:06. > :04:07.three different faces, or three different monkeys?
:04:08. > :04:09.That got us thinking about other great online debates,
:04:10. > :04:11.so here's Jenny with some of our favourites.
:04:12. > :04:13.I know what you're thinking - is this cat going up
:04:14. > :04:16.The optical illusion racked up thousands of hits
:04:17. > :04:20.Because of the way the light falls it's difficult to decide
:04:21. > :04:22.whether the cat is moving up or down.
:04:23. > :04:24.It's thought the clue is in the moggy's tail.
:04:25. > :04:28.Is this dress blue/black or white/gold?
:04:29. > :04:30.Back in February 2015 this picture got millions
:04:31. > :04:32.of people seriously confused, as no-one could decide
:04:33. > :04:38.It's because colours can appear differently depending on what kind
:04:39. > :04:48.It all started when a meme with an illustration of a dog
:04:49. > :04:52.wearing trousers two different ways was uploaded to social media.
:04:53. > :04:55.It got more than 60,000 likes and shares, and in a Twitter
:04:56. > :05:00.vote the two-legged version won most support.
:05:01. > :05:09.One monkey making three separate faces, or three different monkeys?
:05:10. > :05:12.Hundreds of thousands of people have had a lot to say about it,
:05:13. > :05:17.More than 200,000 people voted, and 53% of them think the monkey
:05:18. > :05:19.emojis are just one monkey making three
:05:20. > :05:31.What about Newsround presenters, though?
:05:32. > :05:35.Finally, a US police sergeant looking for
:05:36. > :05:42.speeders captured something he wasn't expected yesterday.
:05:43. > :05:44.speeders captured something he wasn't expecting yesterday.
:05:45. > :05:47.What looked like a giant fireball streaking across the sky was caught
:05:48. > :05:48.on Sergeant Tim Farris' dashboard camera.
:05:49. > :05:50.The bright flash was seen from several states,
:05:51. > :05:54.and is thought to have been left by a meteor burning up as it passed
:05:55. > :05:58.That's all from me, Jenny's back with Newsround
:05:59. > :06:01.Don't forget to check out the website for all the rest