One Man's New Planet is Another Southerner's Abduction

I've been told the hot topic this year is proof of alien existence. I can't tell you how many The Fourth Kind parties I've thrown. In honor of this, but also just because it's really, really cool, here's my favorite article of the day:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/110202-nasa-kepler-new-planets-found-mini-neptunes-space-science-nature/

And a couple pictures to go along with it, that may or may not be directly related: