I'll Be On The First Galactic Cruiser

It was reported today that, "European astronomers have found the most Earth-like planet outside our solar system." It's slightly humorous imagining all the wacky sci-fi scenarios presented in the article. "You could have a birthday party every 13 days because that's how fast this new planet circles its sun-like star." I guess I would be around 758 years old if I lived there. Sort of makes clear our flimsy handle on things like time. Anyway I thought this was the least depressing of all the news reports out there today.

Here's a link:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/25/habitable.planet.ap/index.html