First potentially habitable Earth-size planet discovered by TESS mission, and it's nearby
Source: CNN
NASA's planet-hunting mission TESS has found its first potentially habitable exoplanet the size of Earth orbiting a star about 100 light-years from Earth, according to the agency.
The findings were announced during the 235th meeting of the American Astronomical Society on Monday in Honolulu.
The planet is part of a multi-planet system around TOI 700, a small, cool M-dwarf star in the Dorado constellation. It's only about 40% of our sun's mass and size, with half of the surface temperature.
The planet is known as TOI 700 d, one of three orbiting the star. It's at just the right distance to support liquid water on the surface in the star's habitable zone.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/world/tess-new-exoplanets-scn/index.html
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We may only be able to reach about 20% of the speed of light, if we can solve some nearly insurmountable challenges. So it would take that ship 500 years to get there, and then it somehow needs to stop. And that's if there is nothing between us and them.
But hey, it's not 1000 light years away, right? 
Yeah, yeah, worm holes. I seem to have misplaced mine. Anyone know where it went?
It's still interesting. I love this shit. I need to be abducted by aliens; it's on my bucket list........
Tx
And people willing to live in a tin can for their entire lives. What could go wrong?
They'd quickly realize they should have brought their staff. 
for a trump tower.
And how would the TOI 700 d'ers feel about that?
Our ark travelers arrive there in 100-500 years and tell whomever is there,"congratulations, we're your new neighbors." But we're unfortunately not welcomed, so our folks naturally turn around and go home...... Not!
... and they should start evacuating soon. We have a big-ass job to do, cleaning up this place after they leave.
