"Astronomers Discover 164 Potential Habitable Worlds"

A team of researchers from UC Berkeley and UC Riverside has compiled a database of 164 exoplanets that could be prime targets for NASA's upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) mission, which aims to search for potentially habitable exoplanets and biosignatures. The database includes measurements of stellar element abundance, photometric values, flare rates, variability estimates, and X-ray emissions, collected from publicly available sources such as Gaia, TESS, and WISE. This catalog will help define the scientific and technical goals for the HWO, and is freely available for further exploration and potential contributions to future work.