-- guimet museum. home? -- guimet museum. that is harderfor us to say home? -- guimet museum. that is harder for us to say in singapore, i think we see ourselves as more like a neutral place we certainly the opportunity is there to bring together cambodian, french and other international experts to discuss these issues. in fact, we have a conference on the 18th and 19th of may will we have all these experts in town to look at precisely these issues. fascinating. nasa is set to launch a mission to look for planets around the stars closest to us. a critical part of the tess mission is to capture the vibrations from the stars, which can be turned to sounds. this will help researchers identify their age and size. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has been to the kennedy space centre in florida, where the space telescope is due to be launched monday night. the night sky is littered with stars, they shine and they also seem. stars, they shine and they also seem. these are the vibrations of a distant sta

these artefacts have remained there, held in the guimet museum. the region for an exhibit at the asian civilisations museum, here in singapore. earlier, i wasjoined by kennie ting, director of the asian civilisations museum to explain. we have about 1111 pieces direct from paris. what is the biggest piece coming to singapore? it is a statue ofa coming to singapore? it is a statue of a four headed brahma and it weighs about a ton. what really makes this exhibition significant? it isa makes this exhibition significant? it is a combination of artefacts from cambodia and from france. what makes it really unique is we are presenting a fuller picture of the story of angkor wat, so notjust the khmer artefacts but the french encounter. how was angkor wat an cambodia viewed by the french at the time? at the time the way the french approached and promoted angkor wat was to appeal to the colonial gaze at the time. it also made it tremendously popular. and, of course, this is the largest loan ever. what was the process of getting all of these 100 pieces here