I found this to be quite interesting and pretty cool to hear. Figured some of you might want to hear about it:

Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have announced the discovery of a new exoplanet, or a planet orbiting another star besides our own. What’s the big deal? Scientists have found thousands of those already, after all. But this time it’s different — and historic. The newly discovered exoplanet is at least somewhat Earth-like, and more importantly, it orbits the star closest to our own, known as Proxima Centauri. It’s a mere 4.2 light years away, which is really in our own astronomical backyard. For exoplanets, it doesn’t get any closer.
The Centauri system consists of three stars. There is the Alpha Centauri binary made up of two stars similar to our sun, and then the much smaller Proxima Centauri that orbits them. The newly discovered planet is known as Proxima Centauri b, or just Proxima b. It orbits its parent star every 11.2 Earth days and has a mass at least 1.3 times that of Earth. Given the size, it’s likely that Proxima b has a solid rocky surface, but the truly fascinating thing is that it is in the habitable zone of its star.
 
Astronomers consider the habitable zone of a star to be anyplace where liquid water can exist on the surface. That’s not a guarantee that it does have water, but Proxima b could be quite wet. It orbits a mere 4.5 million miles from Proxima Centauri, whereas Earth is 93 million miles from the sun. Proxima Centauri is what’s called a red dwarf, though. It’s much smaller and cooler than the sun. If Proxima b was that far away from its star, it wouldn’t be in the habitable zone.
Because Proxima Centauri is so close, astronomers have been looking at it for years in hope of finding an exoplanet. There have been some hints of a planet, but none of them have panned out until now. This time, the ESO really got all its ducks in a row before making an official announcement. It tracked the activity of Proxima Centauri using a network of telescopes around the world to make sure the subtle signal from Proxima b wasn’t a glitch.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/234398-astronomers-confirm-closest-earth-like-exoplanet-in-the-nearest-star-system

Ok now we know where we need to go, I'm moving there

kaninja
There is zero evidence it is anything like Earth. It could have no atmosphere and no water, and may not even have a rocky surface. All we know is that it is in the "habitable zone" meaning it is likely it isn't a fireball like Venus or an ice ball like Neptune.

Also, with our most advanced propulsion systems it would take 78,000 years to get there.

You definitely bring a big point. Obviously we need to create a better way to get there. As science and technology begin to progress, only physics will be able to hold us back until we find a way to break it. As we do have the "laws of physics", I tend to believe more of, "just because we haven't discovered a way, doesn't mean there isn't a way or that it can't happen, we're just not ready for it yet." Pretty sure there have been similar lines, but the shoe fits.