[SunkenCiv]

A Neptune and a Jupiter transit a Sun-like star in this artist's concept. Earth is only a quarter the diameter of Neptune; star-dimmings caused by planets that small are hard for even Kepler to detect reliably. [S&T: Steven Simpson]

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Now, all we need is warp drive (or hyper drive, or stellar drive, or teleportation, or some convenient wormholes) and a new tourism industry is born — to say nothing of the real-estate development potential. How hard can it be?

[VanDeKoik]

And for all that was found, there are likely thousands of moons and Earth-sized worlds right in the the same field of view, just waiting for better techniques to find them!

It will be nothing short of a world-changing event when we start directly imaging them directly.

[The Cajun]

I wonder if instead of the stupid space station (which they can't wait to abandon) we had spent the money and time building a really, really super telescope..........Just wondering.

[Williams]

Truly asounding for those of us who grew up with the nine planets.