Goldilocks zone

Or goldilocks zone

noun

Astronomy.

1. a zone around a star having temperatures and other conditions that can support life on planets.

   Mars is thought to lie on the outer edge of the sun's Goldilocks zone.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Goldilocks zone¹

After the fairy-tale character Goldilocks

Example Sentences

"The exoplanet is in the habitable or the 'Goldilocks Zone,' the right distance from its star that liquid water could exist on its surface, if it has the right atmosphere."

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But many are in what astronomers call "The Goldilocks Zone" where the distance is "just right" to support life.

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Williams describes it as looking for a “Goldilocks zone.”

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"Iodine disrupts the intermolecular bonds holding sulfur molecules together by just the right amount to lower its melting point to the Goldilocks zone -- above room temperature yet low enough for the cathode to be periodically re-healed via melting."

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For the past 10,000 years humans have lived in a “Goldilocks Zone” where Earth’s temperature variations were relatively stable.

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