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Why Earth Sucks Compared to the Planet Hestia

Kurzgesagt โ€“ In a Nutshell

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Earth is a barren desert compared to Hestia, a hypothetical superhabitable planet. Hestia has an orange dwarf star, a stronger magnetic field, plate tectonics, and is an archipelago world with shallow, sunlit oceans and a dense atmosphere, leading to vastly more biodiversity.

  • ๐ŸŒŸ Hestia orbits an orange dwarf star, which lives for 70 billion years, offering ample time for life to evolve.
  • ๐Ÿช Its radius is 1.3 times Earth's, with 20% stronger surface gravity, and it possesses a massive metallic core for a powerful magnetic field.
  • ๐Ÿ๏ธ Hestia is an archipelago world with maximized coastlines and millions of islands, ensuring all land is near water and free of deserts.
  • ๐Ÿ’จ Its atmosphere is 1.5 times denser than Earth's, richer in oxygen, allowing for larger animals and widespread flight.
  • ๐ŸŒŠ Nearly all of Hestia's oceans are shallow continental shelves, maximizing the sunlight zone for plankton and marine life.

A large, colorful, alien planet is shown next to a much smaller Earth, with a red arrow pointing from Earth to the alien planet, under the text 'PERFECT PLANET'.