Cornell Study Identifies 45 Earth-Like Exoplanets in Habitable Zones, Highlighting Promising Life-Search Targets

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Gillis Lowry and Lisa Kaltenegger explain that 45 Earth‑like planets sit in habitable zones with possible surface water, 24 more lie in a tighter 3D habitable zone including Proxima Centauri b and TRAPPIST‑1 d–g, TRAPPIST‑1 targets are about 40 light‑years away and would take far too long to reach with current tech (nuclear propulsion could shorten it), the goal is to say where to look for life rather than prove it, using future observatories like JWST, the Roman Space Telescope (2027), and the ELT (2029), while Sun‑system candidates such as Enceladus and Titan are also noted and the work adds focus to the more than 6,000 known exoplanets by targeting the most plausible habitability targets.