Series of Bumps Sent Uranus Into Its Sideways Spin

Reference:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111006084235.htm

Summary:

                Uranus' highly tilted axis makes it something of an oddball in our Solar System. The accepted thought is that Uranus was knocked on its side by a large impact, but new research being presented at the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting in Nantes rewrites our theories of how Uranus became so tilted and also solves fresh mysteries about the position and orbits of its moons.

Critique:

                Researchers should look more into finding on how the impact happened.

Impact:

                With Uranus being tilted it could affect how the solar system goes around.