- A possibly rocky planet, just 1.3x more massive than Earth, has been detected in the "habitable zone" of the nearby red dwarf star #ProximaCentauri. http://goo.gl/fVmXre
- At least 120 people have been killed and 368 injured in an earthquake that hit a mountainous area of central Italy. The BBC's James Reynolds witnessed rescue workers in the town of Amatrice pulling a survivor from the rubble.