Earth may be the only planet that we know of that supports life, but that doesn't mean it's the best one for it. A new study, published in the scientific journal Astrobiology, has identified 24 potentially "superhabitable" planets that may have conditions more suited to host life. They could be slightly older than the Earth (4.5 billion years old), "a little larger, slightly warmer and possibly wetter." "It's sometimes difficult to convey this principle of superhabitable planets because we think we have the best planet," added Schulze-Makuch, who is also a researcher at the Technical University in Berlin. They have the right size and the right orbit of their star to support surface water and, at least theoretically, to support life.

Source: Fox News October 06, 2020 13:30 UTC