Im still amazed that when i was a kid, there was 9 planets and that was it, and now theres like 400.
Im the same, im fascinated by space and tech although im not a scientist. And wether or not well see a planet through a telescope in a couple of years that we could move to once we flushed this one down the toilet. Then again, we wont have the tech to go there since world went to shit.
Anyway, some math guy calculated that we will detect an earth-like planet next year. Around may 2011, apparently.
http://www.universetoday.com/73646/a...found-in-2011/