No fooling!

Check out the awesome new photo of an extra-solar planet!
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050401_first_extrasolarplanet_pic.html

Granted it's orbit and size are far greater than ours, it's still a fantastic discovery! Astronomers are getting closer and closer to their ultimate goal of imaging an earth-like planet. Scientists around the world agree the technology is soon coming that will enable us to view the surface of planets light-years away. Even map continents and identify specific surface features as small as 1-mile across!
This is not a joke.

Hubble Space Telescope (http://hubblesite.org/)has given us some great images over the years, it's a shame to see it on the verge of destruction. But new, much more powerful telescopes are nearing completion that promise to bring us even better pictures. A Moon-based telescope is also on the horizon: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/lunar_caps_011212-1.html

Here's the latest NASA telescope: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/

For everything on space telescopes try this: http://www.spacetelescopes.com/

If we can't GET there at least we can look at where we are going!