[Vinnie_Vidi_Vici]

So how can they possibly make the claim of earth-like planets? EVERY other planet found has been a gas giant. I'll start to believe this nonsense when they actually do find a planet remotely similar to ours.

It's not that the gas giants are the only ones out there, it's just that they are the only ones large enough to create a "wobble" that can be measured, with existing technology, in the star being observed.

[ShadowAce]

It's not that the gas giants are the only ones out there, it's just that they are the only ones large enough to create a "wobble" that can be measured, with existing technology, in the star being observed.

I understand that. My point was that they cannot logically make a guesstimate of "earth-like" planets when none have been found. Wait until some have been found, and extrapolate from numbers found per systems found.