Uranus is the strangest planet in the solar system when it comes to rotation, spinning almost completely on its side. Scientists believe something massive happened early in its history, possibly a ...
First its rotation slowed between March and May 2017, taking 46 hours to complete a spin where it had once taken only 20 hours. This occurred as the comet neared its closest point to the sun, roughly ...
A rare event was observed as comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák dramatically slowed its rotation and then spun in the opposite direction. This extreme change in spin, driven by material jets, was ...