ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Planetary romance

Okay tiny human, let me tell you a story about a type of story called "planetary romance". Have you heard of planets? They are big round things that go around the sun, just like our Earth does. Now, imagine if there were people who lived on other planets, with different landscapes and creatures than what we see on Earth. That's what "planetary romance" is all about.

In these stories, people from Earth travel to other planets and have exciting adventures there. They might meet alien creatures, fight against evil villains, and even fall in love with someone from that planet. It's like a big space adventure!

A lot of these stories were written a long time ago, back when people didn't know as much about space as we do now. They were using their imaginations to create exciting worlds and characters that they thought might actually exist on other planets.

Even though we now know that it's not likely that there are people or creatures living on other planets, these stories are still really fun to read and imagine. And who knows, maybe one day we will discover life on other planets and then they won't be just imaginary stories anymore!
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