Some planets may be better for life than Earth
news.wsu.edu- 24 “superhabitable” planets have been identified outside our solar system, all more than 100 light years away.
- Some of them are older, a bit bigger, a bit warmer, and might have more water than Earth.
- Since new space telescopes are being finalized, these planets might be good candidates for observation.
- The planets were chosen by geobiologists and astronomers from 4,500 potentially habitable planets, but we don’t know if they have life yet - only conditions for life.
- One of the 24 planets meets four critical characteristics of a superhabitable planet - energy from a sun-like star, the right size, the right mass, and water.
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