Australian scientists help find Earth-like planet.

Australian scientists help find Earth-like planet. :

"Astonomers at the University of Tasmania's Mt Canopus Observatory and the Perth Observatory have worked with researchers from 12 other countries to identify the cold, rocky planet."

can't believe we are actually capapble of finding planets outside the solar system. I can only see to the sky. I can see the moon. I can't actually imagine the size of the solar system ...I just have one of those encyclopedia pictures in my head of what it looks like and here we are, on Austrlia Day 2006 being told there is a plaet outide the solar system, infact there may be millions of them and 13 countries have pooled technical expertise and worked together to find one fo these planets and they have named it:

OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb

The name is as unintelligible as the techniques used but I am certainly impressed because these people not only know what they are doing , their thinking is as high up there as good old OGLE. I'm just mindboggled.