Aww hell yeah!

A nearby solar system bears a striking similarity to our own solar system, raising the possibility it could harbor Earth-like planets.

Epsilon Eridani, located about 10.5 light-years from our sun, is surrounded by two asteroid belts that are shaped by planets, astronomers at SETI Institute and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced today.

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It will take more sensitive instruments — perhaps like the next-generation of planet-hunting telescopes — to determine whether any would-be Earths lurk inside the habitable zone near the star.

What the hell are we waiting for? Bring on the planet-hunting telescopes, dammit! I say instead of worrying about the economy or the environment, we take all our earthly funds, shove ‘em into planet-hunting telescopes, find us another damn earth, and then pull a Wall-E and get the hell out of here. Maybe our new planet will have pet dinosaurs!