Astronomers discover 16 new ‘super-Earth’ planets?

...yet xtians think everything is all about them.

In terms of mass, no Earth-equivalent planet has been discovered yet. Only two extrasolar objects less massive than the Earth have been discovered, both of them relatively small (one has twice the mass of the Moon, the other has less than half the mass of the Moon) and both of them orbiting a pulsar which wouldn't provide a very habitable environment for life. The smallest planet larger than Earth is still fully 3.9 times the mass of the Earth, and the others range from there all the way up to hundreds of times the mass of the Earth (many of them are even larger than Jupiter). Similarly, I don't think any potential rocky planet has been discovered in an Earth-like orbit around a Sun-like star. The Gliese 581 system is centered around a red dwarf, which creates a different dynamic for the possibility of life than the Sun does. Gliese 581 c stands a good chance of being tidally locked with the Gliese 581 red dwarf itself, which means one side always faces the star while the other side always faces away. While life could exist on such a planet, it is not as hospitable as Earth and most life would probably be either around the twilight belt (where the Sun is perpetually low in the sky, but never sets) or deep under the surface. Scientists also suspect that the planet may host a runaway greenhouse effect like Venus, in which case the chances of life existing there are pretty small. Gliese 581 d (the next planet out in the same system) might be a better environment, but it may be too cold, we really don't know yet. I don't believe any planet has been discovered in the Alpha Centauri system, although computer models suggest that a planet could exist there; if it does, then it would of course be a prime candidate for humanity's first interstellar space mission, when (or if) that happens, due to it being relatively close to the Earth (4.5 light years to 20 or so for Gliese 581).

RIGHT!!!! They are all substantially larger than earth and I figured out on just one of them I would weigh over 700 lbs. Not the place I would want to live. And they still cannot really prove that since they are so far away they can't prove there is water on those planets, just that they MIGHT be in the inhabitable zone of it's star.

One of which MAY be able to support life. Please re read the article. It doesn't matter if they find 100, Earth type planets if they are too far away to go to. If we kill this one we are in trouble. We cant just pop over to the next world and start over.

Sadly earth might be the only tiny blue planet in the whole universe that suffers under the oppression of religion.

In 2011, the American Spectator citing research published in the International Bulletin of Missionary Research reported that atheism is on the decline as a whole in terms of adherents.[36]

The American Spectator declared:

The report estimates about 80,000 new Christians every day, 79,000 new Muslims every day, and 300 fewer atheists every day. These atheists are presumably disproportionately represented in the West, while religion is thriving in the Global South, where charismatic Christianity is exploding."[37]

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16 new "Super-Friendly" Priests.

I'm pretty sure most of that was mapped out by ancient cultures long ago and they base religions off of it.

I need to see a picture of it first.

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

I'm sure God knew those planets were there.