Nearest star from the sun has earth like planet.

[Anomalocaris]

[popeyespappy]

Very cool! The closest place there could be an exoplanet and there one sits.

[Darkstar]

What about extremophiles?
Thermophile
Not that any earthly species could do it...

A thermophile is an organism — a type of extremophile — that thrives at relatively high temperatures, between 45 and 122 °C (113 and 252 °F).

But the planet orbits so close to the star it's surface would melt lead.

Melting point of lead: 621.5° F (327.5° C)
...yeah.

[Polaris]

Are you aware that there are three stars in that solar system?

[popeyespappy]

Yes.

Are you suggesting a center of mass orbit? If so that's not what Chuck's article said.

[Welsh cake]

Bloody hell, it took three years of observations to confirm Earth's nearest known exoplanet. Now that must have been a difficult analysis.

[Anomalocaris]

Bloody hell, it took three years of observations to confirm Earth's nearest known exoplanet. Now that must have been a difficult analysis.

Basically, planets that are big, massive and orbits closer to its star are easier to detect. This planet orbits comparatively close to its star, but is quite small, and light weight, in comparsion to what we've been able to detect around other stars. It would not have been one of the easier ones to detect.

Planets that are smaller or further out can be extremely difficult to detect. So difficult that we can't even rule out that there might be undetected, earth sized planets out in and beyond the Keiper belt orbiting our own sun. We don't think there are, but we our available observation is not sufficient to rule that out.

[Welsh cake]

Bloody hell, it took three years of observations to confirm Earth's nearest known exoplanet. Now that must have been a difficult analysis.

Basically, planets that are big, massive and orbits closer to its star are easier to detect. This planet orbits comparatively close to its star, but is quite small, and light weight, in comparsion to what we've been able to detect around other stars. It would not have been one of the easier ones to detect.

Planets that are smaller or further out can be extremely difficult to detect. So difficult that we can't even rule out that there might be undetected, earth sized planets out in and beyond the Keiper belt orbiting our own sun. We don't think there are, but we our available observation is not sufficient to rule that out.

Its plausible then that we haven't discovered any actual exoplanets, just really big brown dwarfs.

The cosmos must have planets orbiting stars, and rogue planets, in their abundance...

[Jackalope]

[Anomalocaris]

Some of the exoplanets we've found are too small and too dense to be anything but rocky planets. Also, the hypothetical distinction between small brown dwarves and big planets seems to have not received much support. ie planets grade into brown dwarves without any clear objective demarcation. Big planets are just small brown dwarves.

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The cosmos must have planets orbiting stars, and rogue planets, in their abundance...

Absolutely. There are certainly far more planets in just this galaxy alone than there are neurons in all the creationist brains in this universe put together.