"This is an exciting discovery because it shows that
planets can be found around extremely light-weight stars. This
is a hint that nature likes to form planets, even around stars very
different from the sun."
Source: Wesley Traub, the chief scientist
for NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program at JPL, following the
discovery of a newfound "exoplanet", called VB 10b, about 20
light-years away in the constellation Aquila.