Is it windy at all in space? Was it a physical object that knocked the planet to its side?
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Not sure about Uranus but the reason the earth is slightly tilted is because of a collision that happened when the solar system was still forming. Basically a planet roughly the size of Mars was on an unstable orbit and ended up crashing into the Earth. This event caused the tilt of the planet and the resulting dust and rock slowly gathered to form the moon.
I assume Uranus’ tilt is due to a similar collision
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