Earth’ planet that may be suitable for life - The exoplanet, which has been named HD 20794 d, orbits in the ‘habitable zone’ of a nearby star similar to our sun.

Found by Dr Michael Cretignier of the University of Oxford, the planet has a mass six times greater than Earth's and orbits in a "habitable zone" of a star similar to the sun.

With winds blowing at 20,500 mph, "the planet has complex weather patterns just like Earth and other planets of our own system," scientists said.

Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released Tuesday in Astronomy & Astrophysics astronomers who have been studying weather on the planet since 2016 said findings show this "is the fastest wind ever measured in a jetstream that goes around a planet.

Astronomers have measured the wind speeds on a faraway world and found that they without comparison, not only to anything on Earth but also in the Solar System. Exoplanet WASP-127b is a hot Jupiter, a gas giant planet orbiting very close to its star.