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Hi Shelly, I think the planet Saturn is a really interesting place and NASA/ESA missions have taken some really beautiful photos of it. Most photos of Saturn show it as a sort of golden color, but some recent photos from the Cassini mission show that close to the planet, the skies in Saturn's northern...

Hi Carmen, That's a great question! The answer is yes, but the Sun does not necessarily affect these planets in the same way as it does Earth. Both Earth and the outer planets are affected by disturbances in the solar wind like coronal mass ejections (CMES). Although the aurora on Jupiter are strongly...

Hi Victor, That's a great question! The answer is yes, the outer planets are also affected by disturbances in the solar wind like coronal mass ejections (CMES). Although the aurora on Jupiter are strongly influenced by Jupiter's moon Io, the solar wind has also been observed to have an effect...

Hi Suzzy, If I could go anywhere in the solar system, I think it would be really interesting to visit some of Jupiter and Saturn's moons. Jupiter's moon Io has strange sulfur volcanoes. Jupiter's moon Europa is completely covered in ice, but some people think it may have a liquid core. Saturn's...

Hi John, Yes, this is something that happens about every 14-15 years. On September 4, 2009, the Saturn's rings will disappear as viewed from the Earth. The rings of Saturn will still be there, the same as they always have been. We just won't be able to see them because we will be looking directly...

Hi Kerstin, That's definitely a fun question! It's really hard to pick a favorite planet because there are so many amazing things on our own planet and the other planets in the solar system. But if I were to pick a favorite planet besides Earth, I would say Saturn. Looking at Saturn through a...