Scaled-Down Solar System Found 5,000 Light-Years Away

They have found another solar system 5,000 light-years away, this one quite similar to ours. They found it with en effect called, "gravitational microlensing" where the gravity of a nearer star magnifies the light 500-fold from a more distant one. The solar syatem contains two planets that are similar to Jupiter and Saturn. This new discovery tells us that the possibility there are solar systems like ours is more common. The ratios of the planets in size and their orbiting distances as compared to the star also are like ours.

This article is very interesting because it shows that we now have the technology to be able to see further into the universe and take pictures of other solar systems. It also shows that with this new technology we can perhaps we reach these planets and learn more about them. Since there are other solar systems out there like ours brings two questions to my mind. Could we live on other planets outside our solar system? Is there other life out there somewhere?