last night on the news I saw that the Pioneer 10 has just found a small ice planet on the outer edge of our solar system, approximately a few hundred miles by a few hundred miles. has anyone heard anything more? what do we need for life, water and an energy source.

Looks like you may be right. Here' s the address of a Yahoo site containing a few articles on this:
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/Science/Astronomy_Discoveries/

It a hell of a discovery, especially if they' re right about how big it is. It may be friggin' monstrous.

Even better, check out the news here:
http://www.newsreality.com/showbindings/?id=3416&section=science.astronomy