Researchers identify 24 potentially ‘superhabitable’ planets more than 100 light years away

Researchers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system that may have more suitable conditions to support life than earth. In a study led by Washington State University scientist Dirk Schulze-Makuch, researchers have identified 24 ‘superhabitable’ planets where life can thrive better than on earth. The study has been published in the journal Astrobiology. These exoplanets, which are all more than 100 light years away, are “older, a little larger, slightly warmer and possibly wetter...