Uranus Background (IMAGE)

Durham University

Uranus Background

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The collision with Uranus of a massive object twice the size of Earth that caused the planet's unusual spin, from a high-resolution simulation using over ten million particles, coloured by their internal energy.

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Jacob Kegerreis/Durham University

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