So Overstreet and his partner, Alex Gorosh, decided to build a model that would accurately represent what the solar system actually looks like.

The premise is simple: to build a solar system model to scale. The result, done on an empty 7-mile stretch on a dry lakebed in Nevada, is just awesome. Wylie Overstreet writes: ...

Real world solar system models can be found in lots of places, the one that inspired us was the Maine solar system model. We originally tried to make something similar to this, but it was ...

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NASA's New Horizons mission has sparked a renewed interest in all things space. It also likely inspired a couple of filmmakers to dispel a common myth and build a scale model of our solar system ...

A first-of-its kind AI-powered model attempts to better predict space weather and its impacts. The model — called Surya, for ...