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But what about the academics who actually study this stuff?
It seems like every summer were hearing,Saturn is brighter in the sky.
We get to see the rings arrayed and tilted as much as they ever get tilted.
We get to actually watch an entire Saturnian year, including changing storms.
Now weve seen more than an entire year of Saturns life.
Why do you think Saturn takes all of the glory for a return?
Is Jupiter or Uranus not as compelling of a disruption to someones life?Theyre really not.
When we look at Jupiter, its always busy.
This is the world that has flare for miles and days.
With all of those little storms decorating its face is it bigger or smaller with the great red spot?
Jupiter is always there outperforming with looks.
Thats really all were going to see when we look at them with our own telescopes.
Out there with its rings?
Its changing its appearance from year to year.
you might see it even with a small backyard telescope.
Galileo could see that with the really terrible telescope he built by hand.
Theres something breathtaking about seeing those rings.
I want to have a go at better understand the timeline.
Kacey Musgraves sings that everything started to change when she turned 27.
Its a long cycle.
The specifics of when exactly a season starts or stops will not be noticeable to the human eye.
For 27 years, its not all the way there.
Can you be in a Saturn return for nearly a decade?
Kacey is 35 now.All of us like to hang on to the past every now and then.
Just like winter, Saturns return can only last so long.
The rings are going to start changing their tilt again.
The only way you miss that Saturns return is over is to fail to look.
That may just mean Kacey is failing to reflect on how much things have changed.
Ariana Grande repurposed some audio from an astrologers YouTubevideofor her song.
Im curious how an astronomer such as yourself interprets this jot down of planetary language.
Its time for you to get real about life and sort out who you really are.
The human brain isnt developed until were in our late 20s.
Its not just that youre seeing Saturn back the way it was.
Astrology sometimes accidentally stumbles upon the truth for entirely wrong reasons.
Always talk to your collaborators across the hall in other fields.
Saturns return is one of those random places in astrology where neuroscience has the answer.
Kacey also refers to the dark energy within people.
In the spring and fall, things get messy.
The surface of Titan?
That amazing moon has a super-thick atmosphere.
It has methane and ethane and seas on its surface.
It even has river deltas.
Its a worldlike Earth.
Although theres probablyonly single-cell organisms out there, so theres not much thinking going on.
SZA also writes about floating away.
Were discovering exoplanets all over the universe.
We have absolutely no idea how common or uncommon life is in this universe.
I like that idea of waiting for the universe to make some noise.
Its a cool idea.
One of Kaceys lyrics is how shes no longer getting high from her gravity bong.
What would be the safest and most efficient way to smoke weed in space?Oh, man.
Edibles are the way to go, because the atmospheric filters that you have in space arent that great.
you could only deal with that skunky smell for so long.
Pack yourself up some good gummies and prepare to not smoke.
It got a lot of news coverage, especially from NASA.
People talk about ideas being contagious and how memes go viral.
Did you personally experience a Saturn return when you were younger?Absolutely, yes.
I had this moment of,Im not going to be an astronomer.
Although today Im a little bit of both.
I guess you’re free to say Im still experiencing my Saturn return.
