Noun
habitable epoch (uncountable)
(cosmology, astrobiology, astronomy) 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.
Hyponym: Habitable Epoch (the era of our Universe)