Uranus was pushed over on its side by giant rock, research shows

Friday, December 21, 2018 - 12:41 in Astronomy & Space

Uranus is a lopsided oddity, the only planet to spin on its side. Scientists now think they know how it got that way: It was pushed over by a rock at least twice as big as Earth.

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