habitable epoch

noun

An era of a Big Bang based universe with the physical laws of our Universe, where the cosmic microwave background is energetic enough to heat water into a liquid state, making all bodies beyond the inner limit of the habitable zone possible in hosting liquid water regardless of the amount of insolation provided by the local star.

Meanings

nounhabitable epoch (uncountable)
  1. uncountableastronomyAn era of a Big Bang based universe with the physical laws of our Universe, where the cosmic microwave background is energetic enough to heat water into a liquid state, making all bodies beyond the inner limit of the habitable zone possible in hosting liquid water regardless of the amount of insolation provided by the local star.
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