Chip, a space friend

Drift, a space friend

Glider, a space friend

My sticker book

Tap a sparkling star on any page to meet a space friend and keep their sticker.

Quiet blue-black star field around Uranus

Page 15 · The sideways world

Uranus

Blue-green Uranus rolls around the Sun almost on its side. Its unusual tilt brings long seasons, faint rings, and a lopsided magnetic field.

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Faint narrow rings around Uranus

Voyager 2 flying past Uranus

Methane haze and changing clouds

Narrow, dark rings with wide gaps

Ari balancing sideways like Uranus

Ari considering Uranus's long seasons

Ari listening for Voyager 2

Dot scanning Uranus's rings

Dot measuring Uranus's magnetic field

Dot detecting Voyager 2's signal

A world tipped sideways

Rolling around the Sun

Tap the diagram to replay its motion. Diagrams are explanatory and not to scale.