Smallest planet outside solar system found Spain's scientist Ignasi Ribas smiles as he poses beside a simulated picture of the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar system during a news conference at Spain's Superior Council for Scientific Investigations (CSIC) in Madrid April 9, 2008. The rocky planet, known as GJ 436c and with a radius about 50 percent greater than the Earth's, has been found by Spanish scientists who believe they will detect Earth-like planets potentially able to harbour life within a few years. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
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