Europe’s natural landscapes are undergoing a significant transformation, with large carnivores like wolves and brown bears making a striking comeback. This resurgence is a result of decades of conservation efforts aimed at reversing the damage caused by habitat destruction, hunting, and human expansion.

For decades, dozens of nations have been launching satellites into Earth’s orbit for everything from communication and navigation to weather forecasting and scientific research.

We only have one planet—Earth—called home, though it’s easy to take for granted the alignment of factors that make sustaining life here possible. As the search for extrasolar planets (exoplanets) advances, below are some facts of potentially habitable exoplanets and how they compare with Earth.