Uranus

Photo Credit: NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute: This 2006 image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.


Our spacecraft is taking us away from Saturn. Next, we will visit Uranus. Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is much larger than the Earth.


Uranus is the only planet that seems to be lying on its side. It does not spin like a top. It rolls on its side like a barrel. No one knows for sure why it is tipped over. Some scientists think that an Earth-sized object may have hit Uranus.


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