of life on other planets. but it was only in 1995 that we found the first planet outside our solar system. these exoplanets are hard to find. of course they are, they re relatively tiny. and so far they ve mainly been detected indirectly, either by the incredibly slight dimming of a star s light as a planet moves in front of it, or by the wobble of the star caused by something orbiting it. in the last 20 years we ve detected about 2000 exoplanets, but we haven t actually seen many at all. this is why. well, the planets are very, very faint compared to a star and they re very close to a star. the kind of planets where we might find life, an earth like planet orbiting a star would be 10 billion times fainter than a star. but if you can see the planets, you can start to look for evidence of life on their surfaces. what you need is something to block out the light of a star. what you need is a star shade. due to go into space in the middle of the next decade, it is a crazy soundi
about the possibility of life on other planets. but it was only in 1995 that we actually found the first planet outside of our solar system. these exoplanets are hard to find. of course they are, they re relatively tiny. and so far they ve mainly been detected indirectly, either by the incredibly slight dimming of a star s light as the planet moves in front of it, or by the wobble of the star caused by something orbiting it. in the last 20 years we ve detected about 2000 exoplanets, but we haven t actually seen many at all. and this is why. well, the planets are very, very faint compared to a star and they re very close to a star. the kind planets where we might find life, an earthlike planet orbiting a star, would be 10 billion times fainter than a star. but if you can see the planets, you can start to look for evidence of life on their surfaces. what you need is something to block out the light of a star. what you need is a star shade. due to go into space in the middle of
for the premier league champions. leicester city were four minutes from being knocked out of the fa cup by derby county, but wes morgan earns them a replay. and chris has the weather. it s not as cold as it has been over recent days, but we ve got rain to contend with today and it is still cold enough for some of that range of four as snow in the hills of scotland. a full forecast in the next half hour. good morning. first our main story: the actor sirjohn hurt has died. he was 77 and had recently been battling cancer. he starred in around 200 films, including harry potter and was nominated for an oscar for his roles in the elephant man and midnight express. our correspondent nick higham reports. everything came to a head today. nice man with an unexpected sympathetic one. the sort of complex characterjohn hurt played with such ease and subtlety. his talent was spotted early in a succession of leading stage and television roles. his first big breakthrough came in 1966 in a ma
like climbing a mountain, and today s match against the leaders brighton is like trying to get to the moon. the first of the day ‘s matches is about to get underway, liverpool taking on wolves, jurgen klopp has made nine changes, the likes of daniel sturridge, philippe coutinho and james milner were all named as substitutes, adam lallana is out injured. so divock origi and roberto firmino start. liverpool are only won one of seven matches so far in 2017 and wolves have already knocked out premier league stoke city. rangers can go back to second in the scottish premiership, a win at motherwell will take them above. the welsh boxer lee selby, was almost in tears, ‘after his i. b. f featherweight, world title defence, against, ‘jonathan victor barros, was called off, little mor than 2a hours, before it was due to take place. the decision was announced on stage, just before the weigh in in las vegas american media have reported that barros had tested positive for hepatiti
cold. not an issue for the north east of england. you will have a glorious day with the best sunshine. more mander seeping a glorious day with the best sunshine. more manderseeping in eventually. ten or ii sunshine. more manderseeping in eventually. ten or 11 degrees. hello. this is bbc news, the headlines at half past three: britain signs a deal with turkey to develop fighterjets worth more than £100 million, it comes as talks continue towards a closer relationship post brexit. president trump signs an order banning all refugees from entering the united states, there s also a three month ban for citizens from seven muslim majority nations. tributes to one of britain s most respected and versatile actors, sirjohn hurt, who has died aged 77. now on bbc news, click. this week we re heading to space for a spot of sun, shade and. a freaky transforming monkey spider bot. we ve long fantasised about the possibility of life on other planets. but it was only in 1995 that we found th