In September 2020, Dirk Schulze-Makuch and colleagues identified 24 contenders for superhabitable planets out of more than 4000 confirmed exoplanets and exoplanet candidates. [5] The criteria included measurable factors like type of star, and the planet's age, mass, radius, and surface temperature.

There is also a speculative list being developed of superhabitable planets.

Oct 15, 2020 · Out of the over 4,000 currently known exoplanets, the researchers also narrowed those down to 24 candidate superhabitable planets that could be even better suited to life than Earth. The new...

Jan 31, 2024 · The recently discovered super-Earth, TOI-715 b, might be making its appearance at just the right time. Its parent star is a red dwarf, smaller and cooler than our Sun; a number of such stars are known to host small, rocky worlds. At the moment, they’re the best bet for finding habitable planets.

Feb 24, 2022 · An artist's depiction of a rocky, Earth-size exoplanet. We haven't found any planets exactly as habitable as Earth, but some planets might be even better for life than ours: superhabitable...

2 days ago · A possible “super-Earth” orbits a relatively close, Sun-like star, and could be a habitable world – but one of extreme temperature swings, from scorching heat to deep freeze. Key Facts. The newly confirmed planet is the outermost of three detected so far around a star called HD 20794, just 20 light-years from Earth.

Jan 31, 2024 · The recently discovered super-Earth, TOI-715 b, might be making its appearance at just the right time. Its parent star is a red dwarf, smaller and cooler than our Sun; a number of such stars are known to host small, rocky worlds. At the moment, they’re the best bet for finding habitable planets.

Mar 7, 2025 · A Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone. The newly discovered planet, HD 20794 d, is a super-Earth with a mass six times that of Earth. ... Reference: “Revisiting the multi-planetary system of the nearby star HD 20794 – Confirmation of a low-mass planet in the habitable zone of a nearby G-dwarf” by N. Nari, X. Dumusque, N. C. Hara, A. Suárez ...

Jan 28, 2025 · An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby Sun-like star. The planet was originally detected two years ago by Oxford University scientist Dr Michael Cretignier.

1 day ago · This gives us one more reason to keep searching for habitable planets at our doorstep.’ The newly discovered planet, GJ 3998 d, is a super-Earth with a mass 6 times larger than that of the Earth. It resides in the optimistic habitable zone of its star and completes an orbit once every 41.8 days.