Uranus lies and rotates on its side, leaving its magnetic field tilted 60 degrees from its axis. As a result, the magnetic field ‘tumbles’ asymmetrically relative to the solar wind.

The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have ...

The most common suggestion for why the planet is tilted 98 degrees on its axis is that it was struck by a series of large impacts early in the Solar System’s ... Uranus’ higher tilt is different.

The new explanation for Uranus' axial tilt invokes a distant, massive mystery satellite, but it's not Planet 9 ... Jupiter's spin axis tilted seemingly by itself.

This makes calculating the length of a Uranian day hard enough, but it's further complicated by Uranus being tilted at 98 degrees on its axis, so it's essentially rolling on its side, with the ...

On March 13, 1781, astronomer William Herschel changed our understanding of the solar system forever. He discovered Uranus, a planet unlike any other, with a tilted axis, bizarre weather patterns ...

Of course, Neptune’s axis isn’t nearly as skewed as Uranus, which is one reason that scientists have struggled to determine what caused Uranus’ strange tilt.

However, when this happens, Uranus behavior stabilizes and its spin become locked at this highly unusual, tilted angle. Tellingly, Uranus today does not have a big satellite, unlike Neptune, which ...

"Uranus is the only planet whose equator is nearly at a right angle to its orbit, with a tilt of 97.77 degrees. This may be the result of a collision with an Earth-sized object long ago," NASA ...

The tilted planet is home to unpredictable aurorae. This image of Uranus’ aurorae was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 10 October 2022.