Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there’s a firm place to stand — if only it weren’t so broiling hot. As scientists search the skies for life elsewhere, they have found more than 300 planets outside our solar system. However, all are of them are gas balls or can’t be proven to be solid. Now, a team of European astronomers has confirmed the first rocky extrasolar planet. “We basically live on a rock ourselves,” said co-discoverer Artie Hatzes, director of the Thuringer observatory in Germany.

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