Information about Uranus is limited. What we know is that the planet is composed mainly of water and ammonia ice, its diameter is about 51,000 kilometers, about four times that of the Earth, and its ...

Based on 20 years of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, new research sheds light on one of the solar system’s ...

Uranus might ... with its axis tilted over 90 degrees. This bizarre orientation may be the result of a massive ancient collision. This video dives into its name origins, rotation, and icy mysteries.

Unlike other planets, Uranus’ axis of rotation is nearly parallel to its orbital plane. It is likely that Uranus collided with an Earth-sized object, which might be the reason why it is said to be ...

Well, it turns out a huge man-made project in China is so large that it is affecting the Earth's rotation - and increasing ... it is to spin the planet on its axis. The tectonic activity during ...

This mass was of approximately spherical form and rotated slowly on its own axis, the rotation becoming swifter ... the fact that the satellites of Uranus and Neptune move in the opposite ...

Advert According to Richard Gross, a geophysicist at NASA's JPL in Pasadena, California, the earthquake caused the Earth to wobble slightly on its axis, thus speeding up the planet’s rotation.