The Five Most Earth-Like Exoplanets (So Far)

Space





Photo credit:

Gliese Cc: Artist’s impression of sunset on one of the most Earth-like exoplanets. ESO/L. Calçada/wikimedia, CC BY-ND

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve read that the “first Earth-like exoplanet” has been discovered. With nearly 2000 exoplanets found to date, it is no wonder so many of them will resemble our planet in some way. But which exoplanets are similar enough to the Earth that they could actually be habitable?