A new Earth?

I have been interested in astronomy since childhood, but the situation now is a bit different: now I know where I should pay effort to and where not. Anyway, the discovery of a new Earth-like planet really attracted me. Astronomers claimed that they had found the most earth-like planet outside our solar system, with balmy weather which could support water and, potentially life.

This planet was said to be the first at the same time probably rocky, with water and in a zone close to the star which it orbits water coould exists in liquid form. The temperature on the surface was estimated to lie between 0 and 40 celsius degree under which water could be liquid.

Although scientists gave us a similar announcement (I didn't notice this because I didn't read newspapers when I was only 9 years old) 12 years ago claiming that they had found a would-be planet which would be the target of us to seek extra-terrestrial life, this one seems quite unique.

Gliese 581, which the newly-found planet orbits is among the 100 closest starts to Earth, just 20.5 light yearsaway in the constellation Libra. Hence, even if this is another copy of Earth, we don't have technology advanced enough to enable us to travel there yet. Hmm.. think about the craft described in Angels and Demons - a masterpiece written by Dan Brown. That monster, which looks like a space shuttle and we couldn't imagine to possess it in the following *** years, isn't fast enough to travel in outter space to seek our dream though.