# data[].attributes.body
Could we live on a star or moon instead?

# data[].attributes.body
Electric winds removed water from Venus' atmosphere-- water re-liquefying around other stars could make them habitable...

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Charged particles from the sun may have ionized Venus' oceans long ago, stripping them away from the planet by electromagnetic repulsion.

# data[].attributes.body
Saturn isn't solid (?) so that's not gonna work

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
IntroductionSaturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second largest planet in our solar system. Adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets, Saturn is unique among the planets. It is not the only planet to have rings-made of chunks of ice and rock-but none are as spectacular or as complicated as Saturn's. Like fellow gas giant Jupiter, Saturn is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium.

Surrounded by 53 confirmed and nine provisional moons, Saturn is home to some of the most fascinating landscapes in our solar system. From the jets of Enceladus to the methane lakes on smoggy Titan, the Saturn system is a rich source of scientific discovery and still holds many mysteries.

The farthest planet from Earth discovered by the unaided human eye, Saturn has been known since ancient times and is named for the Roman god of agriculture and wealth. The Greek equivalent was Cronos, the father of Zeus/Jupiter.

Ten Things to Know About Saturn

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

Twice every 29 and a half years the great planet Saturn appears ringless. This is an optical illusion: Earthlings cannot see Saturn's rings when the rings are edge-on as viewed from the Earth. They are barely visible through powerful telescopes.

In one of nature's most dramatic examples of "now-you see-them, now-you-don't," NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured Saturn on May 22, 1995 as the planet's magnificent ring system turned edge-on. This ring-plane crossing occurs approximately every 15 years when the Earth passes through Saturn's ring plane. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/STScI

Pop Culture

Pop Culture

Perhaps the most iconic of all the planets in our solar system, Saturn is heavily present in pop culture. It provides a backdrop for numerous science fiction stories, movies and TV shows, comics, and video games, including the Cthulhu Mythos, WALL-E, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Trek, Dead Space 2 and Final Fantasy VII. In Tim Burton's film Beetlejuice, a dusty, fictional Saturn is populated by giant sandworms. And in the 2014 movie Interstellar, the wormhole that enables the astronauts to travel to another galaxy appears near Saturn.

Saturn is also the namesake of Saturday, arguably the best day of the week.

Cassini Mission to Saturn Coloring Page

More to Explore

You can create your own red/blue 3D images to print, or look at on a computer screen, using a normal digital camera and some image processing software.

With a few materials and a few steps, you can build your own glasses to view 3D images.

In this 1-hour activity, students shrink the scale of the vast solar system to the size of their neighborhood.

› More

Resources

Power to Explore: Radioisotope Power

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
IntroductionSaturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second largest planet in our solar system. Adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets, Saturn is unique among the planets. It is not the only planet to have rings-made of chunks of ice and rock-but none are as spectacular or as complicated as Saturn's.

# data[].attributes.body
-How long are people expected to survive on another planet?
-Does life need to be sustainable long-term?
-What kind of scientists/what skills must scientists have to develop tools for life elsewhere?

# data[].attributes.body
-What other planets are there?
-What planets are being considered?
-What elements do the planets already have?/What elements (that we are used to) do they lack?