Comment by VodkaMargarine on 26/04/2023 at 17:32 UTC

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View submission: Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science

We often hear that Earth is the "perfect planet" for sustaining life or it's in the "Goldilocks zone" but is this not a little naïve? Would it be possible for the earth to be *even better* suited to life than it is?

Is it possible that there are planets out there that are significantly *more* habitable and life is stronger faster and more intelligent as a result?

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Comment by atomfullerene at 26/04/2023 at 18:07 UTC

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The term you want to search for is superhabitable planet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhabitable_planet

But with only one example of a habitable planet, it's difficult to understand the parameters needed to figure out exactly what the optimum would be.