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 ...

A Walk Through the Solar System Scale models of the planets are popping up in cities and parks all over the country.

When you think about it, just about every single photo that you find on the Internet that depicts our solar system fails to do so accurately and to scale. That’s why a group of friends have worked ...

A solar system model is the most effective way to accurately plot the relation of all the celestial objects on a much smaller scale.

A solar system model is the most effective way to accurately plot the relation of all the celestial objects on a much smaller scale.

First to-scale Solar System model built in seven miles of desert All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors.

Filmmakers came up with a seven-mile long scale model of the Solar System in the Nevada desert and filmed their work in a documentary titled "To Scale: The Solar System." ...

In this solar system, Jupiter is about the size of a miniature watermelon. The sun is a small weather balloon. And the orbits, traced onto a dry lakebed, are huge.

For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast ...

To help the world gain a greater appreciation of the Earth's size relative to other planets in their orbits, filmmakers rounded up a group of friends and headed to Black Rock Desert in Nevada.