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Galactic Goldilocks Zones?

I've never liked the "galactic habitable zone" terminology, because it's too absolute. Yes, there may be regions where life is more likely to form than in others, but with hundreds of billions of stars to choose from, even the zones where it happens less often are still going to have quite a few inhabited worlds. Not to mention that star systems that form in the so-called "habitable zone" can migrate into other parts of the galaxy, so they all intermingle. So it doesn't make any sense to use the "habitable zone" terminology. "Galactic temperate zone" would be a better term.
 
I guess we'll see as we grow the exoplanet database over the next few decades how seriously to take that particular idea.
 
Even in the "Habbitable Zone" you have stuff like supernova's that can kill off everything in a 10-15 light year zone.. plus as said.. not every system is going the same way in this merry go round..
 
A Universe containing Dark Matter is often thought of as a chunk of Swiss Cheese. The holes in the galaxy representing possible black holes that have carved holes in Dark Matter are very similar to bacteria,more specifically P. shermani. P Shermani releases carbon dioxide when it consumes the lactic acid and forms bubbles. The bubbles don't just disappear, they form little air pockets, resulting in the holes of the Swiss cheese.

Basically the same process holds true for how each galaxy was formed, therefore each galaxy much the same as the holes in the chunk of Swiss Cheese would in fact have Goldilocks zones where carbon based lifeforms evolved in. I have been unable to locate any data on the number of P. Shermani in each hole of Swiss Cheese. Relatively speaking though, the number of P Shermani in a hole of a chunk of Swiss Cheese would be relative to the number of Goldilocks Zones in each galaxy.

In a late stage of cheese production, the Propionibacter consumes the lactic acid excreted by the other bacteria, and releases carbon dioxide gas, which slowly forms the bubbles that develop the eyes.

In the late stages of a solar systems development, a planet and bacteria on that planet would consume elements necessary to grow and evolve from. As such there would be a connection between solar systems, such as ours, where early life, carved a bubble of life on the planet and then moved onto other habitable words.
 
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