To be honest I doubted it would happen in my lifetime, but it seems that a NASA telescope has located an earth-like planet outside of our solar system. For me, this is incredible news; the bbc are reporting it in the slot where they usually put funny or quirky stories, but I think it should be the main news story. Think about it: if it does have liquid water, this planet probably has life on it, which means we have probably found life on a planet other than earth. That is incredible news, in a way far more important than the financial farce or the moronic activities of our unelected government. Those things matter, but the discovery of this planet could be much more significant – what if it does have life on it? And what if that life is intelligent? In, say, 52 years and 5 months, people could be looking back to day, saying ”That’s when it all began”.