"This is a harbinger of things to come," Earth 2, the Reckoning
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It's 20 light years away. That is extremely close, all things considered, but still not a distance feasible by any man-made craft - present or future. With this discovery, though, astronomers believe it is now far more likely for them to find more planets just like Gliese.
Photo taken by Gliese astronaut: