In there, storms of killer rocks beat down on planets. Waves of X-rays, gamma rays, and ion radiation destroy surface life. On a planet circling too close to its star, the water turns to vapor. On a planet too far away, the water turns to ice. If you like to drink water, choose a planet circling at just the right distance from its star.
Some planets lack enough carbon to fuel life forms.
Others have so much it fires them up into a superheated greenhouse like Venus. It sounds like an intergalactic Goldilocks tried resting on each planet in space, relaxing only on Planet Earth. Then she looked up at our large moon. She noticed that it hovers at the precise distance to reduce changes in Earth's tilt, guaranteeing us a stable climate. Friedrich the Great could have begun writing Rare Israel , describing the impossible choices facing Jews.