What is the significance of the discovery of exoplanets?

For only through exploration of the unknown we have come as far as we are now.

Discoveries are what laid the foundation for the technology and all advancement of the society we have today. Similar to how we continue to voyage into the unknowns of this world to find resources to supply for our needs, studies through new materials, species we encounter will all benefit the most common problems we have such as energy resource, medical needs and cure for the incurable diseases. These explanetary exploration may be the next key which holds potential to solve these problems.