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Morning, guys! | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
Martin here with your first Newsround of the day. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
First, we're heading to Italy, where rescue workers have been | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
searching overnight for survivors, following Wednesday's earthquake | 0:00:20 | 0:00:21 | |
which hit the centre of the country. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:27 | |
More than 400 rescuers used heavy equipment and dug | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
with their bare hands in search of people that had been trapped. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
Over 200 people have died and many more have been injured as the work | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
to find people continues into its second day. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
And remember, if there's anything in the news that upsets you, | 0:00:38 | 0:00:47 | |
head to Newsround online. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:48 | |
Scientists have discovered the closest planet to Earth, | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
outside our solar system where life could potentially exist. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
Naz has been finding out more. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
Take a look at the planet Proxima b. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
These pictures are artists' impressions of what this | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
new world could look like. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
It's been discovered in another solar system four light years away - | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
that's more than 25 trillion miles - but in space terms, this planet | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
is practically our neighbour. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
It orbits around our nearest star called Proxima Centauri. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
It's roughly the same size as Planet Earth and, | 0:01:17 | 0:01:19 | |
like our planet, scientists think it's a rocky, solid world. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:24 | |
It's not known if life exists on Proxima b, but scientists say | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
the temperature of the planet - not too hot or too cold - | 0:01:27 | 0:01:31 | |
means liquid water could potentially exist. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:36 | |
And where there's water, there's the possibility for life. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
That's a big discovery. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
There are hundreds of planets being discovered now every month, | 0:01:42 | 0:01:47 | |
but this is a really special one, that's the nearest one. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
This happened once, it will not happen again. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
Astronomers in South America made the discovery using a special | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
instrument on a telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory | 0:01:55 | 0:02:00 | |
in a desert in Chile. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
Getting to Proxima b at the moment is pretty much mission impossible. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
Even though it's the closest planet we've ever found, | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
it would still take thousands of years to get there. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:13 | |
But who knows? | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
Maybe, if there's super-fast space craft in the future, | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
it might be able to be reached in a human's lifetime. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
And until then, it's still a pretty amazing discovery for scientists | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
to study and learn from. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:29 | |
Next, two of the big stars in Rio were Jack Law, who won silver | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
in the men's 3m diving event, and his partner Chris Mears, | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
who teamed up to win the Men's Synchronized | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
3m Springboard. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:43 | |
We asked you guys to send in your questions. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
Here's what they said. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:46 | |
COMMENTATOR: Here they go. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
Yes, come on! That is an Olympic medal for sure! | 0:02:48 | 0:02:53 | |
Curling. Yeah. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
I think it's a pretty cool sport. Yeah. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
We love watching the Winter Olympics, especially when... | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
The Winter Olympics is fantastic for us. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
We never watch any, like, Alpine sports, but curling, for us, | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
it's a really cool sport. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
I just love the whole slide and glide thing, | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
and the broom, it's really funny. It's really cool. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
We really enjoy watching it. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
Chris would the stone guy and I'd be the brusher guy, | 0:03:19 | 0:03:20 | |
Er, yeah. It was odd. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:27 | |
It was definitely odd. Wasn't worrying, though. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
We were told that it was safe, so we were OK, but you know, | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
I've been diving for 14 years, and Chris has been diving for 16, | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
and we've never seen that in our lives, so... | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
But a green pool, that's ridiculous! | 0:03:38 | 0:03:39 | |
But you know, we dealt with it really well and came away | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
with a gold medal, so we're really happy. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
Not complaining. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:45 | |
We do a lot of work with a psychologist, | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
where they basically help to get our mind right | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
on the day and come up with routines for us, | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
so that, when we are in that kind of competitive zone | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
at the Olympic Games, that we are able to hold our nerve | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
under pressure and, yeah, it's something we're pretty good at. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:04 | |
Yeah. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:09 | |
Both swimming when we were kids. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:11 | |
We did. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:12 | |
You know, if you learn to swim, that's a good | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
first step, basically. It's a good start. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:16 | |
And then, basically, it's just trying to find ... | 0:04:16 | 0:04:19 | |
I guess, speak to your parents and try to scope out | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
the nearest local diving pool. For me, it was half-an-hour away. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
It's really good fun and, if you can, then definitely start. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:25 | |
That is a perfect place to start. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
Good question. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:34 | |
Both of us started when we were seven years old. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
We did. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:38 | |
I swum before and did a little spot of gymnastics, | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
but nothing serious, really, and took up diving | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
and now, 14 years later, I'm an Olympic gold medallist. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
You know, if you are as passionate about something, | 0:04:44 | 0:04:46 | |
like diving as we are, then work hard and get through | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
the hard training sessions and end up with these. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
Yeah, pretty good. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
That's all from me. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:56 | |
Newsround's back in about half an hour. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
Goodbye. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:00 |