URANUS — THE TILTED PLANET

Uranus in X-ray by NASA CXO University College London W. Dunn et al Optical by W.M. Keck Observatory

Right, I know this post is going to be the “butt” of a lot of giggles but here goes anyway.

When you look at images of planets in our solar system, they all seem to follow a certain design. The rocky ones are round with a few moons, while the gas giants and the ice giants have rings. But one of them is different. It seems to be tilted on its side, with its rings nearly at right angles to its equator. That planet is…