Planets in science fiction

Okay kiddo, so you know what a planet is right? It's a big ball of rock or gas that moves around a star. Well, scientists have found a lot of planets in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, but science fiction writers imagine all kinds of different planets in their stories.

Sometimes these planets have different colors than the ones we're used to, like they're all purple or green. They might have weird landscapes, like giant mountains or oceans made of lava. Some planets might have multiple suns in their sky, so it's always bright and sunny.

But people also imagine different kinds of life on these planets, too. They might have aliens that are really different from us, with tentacles or scales or robot bodies. Or they might have humans living on them, but they've evolved to be super strong or have special powers like telekinesis.

Science fiction writers can make up anything they want about these planets, but sometimes they try to make them based on real science. For example, there might be a planet with a really thick atmosphere, which means it's really hard to breathe there, or a planet that's super cold or super hot because it's really far away or really close to its sun.

Overall, planets in science fiction can be really cool and imaginative, but they can also help us learn more about science and imagine what else might be out there in the universe.