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.

Although Uranus is visible to the naked eye, it was long mistaken as a star because of the planet's dimness and slow orbit. The planet is also notable for its dramatic tilt, which causes its axis ...

The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have tectonic features or a patchwork of ridges and cliffs. Using the Hubble space ...

Uranus' tilted spin might be due to a lost, large moon. This moon's gravity slowly tilted Uranus over time as it drifted away. Computer models show this is possible, even without a giant impact.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.