Pretty severe temperatures there, but this new planetary find certainly tickles the senses that life indeed may exist out there in the vast, inky space beyond.

Fraser Cain writes Astronomers have discovered a rocky, terrestrial planet orbiting a nearby star, Gliese 876.

We won’t be getting there any time soon at it is 15 light years away — or roughly 90 trillion miles — and it’s not very human hospitable anyway. I wonder if in my life scientists will be able to develop any type of craft that can allow human beings to travel faster than the speed of light. Hmm …