Captain, this is yet another planet that is amazingly earth-like.
Of course it is, Spock. Special effects cost a lot of friggin money.
The many abuses of the use of “earth like” in promoting these stories when admittedly:
“But we still need to know what the atmosphere of Ross 128 b is like. Depending on its composition and the reflectivity of its clouds, the exoplanet may be life friendly with liquid water as the Earth, or sterile like Venus.”
“Earth like” is not merely the kind of star a planet is orbiting, the planets size and distance from its sun, suggestions (by light signature) there “may be” water there, and some other variables.
It requires a whole constellation of variables to ALL be present, and in every “earth like” exoplanet claimed so far, too few of those variables are there, or are known to be there.
I call this theme “popular science fraud”.
Captain, this is yet another planet that is amazingly earth-like.
Of course it is, Spock. Special effects cost a lot of friggin money.