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 ...

Where does the Earth really fit in space? That question and the inaccurate approaches to illustrating that led a group of friends to the Nevada desert to build a scale model of the solar system.

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

If you’ve ever seen an illustration of the solar system, the odds are good that it was wrong. Not that it messed up the order of the planets, but that the scale was completely off. "Every single ...

A team of LA filmmakers has created the world's first scale model of the solar system in the Black Rock desert. With the Earth the size of a marble, the model stretches out for seven miles on a ...

The John J. McCarthy Observatory in New Milford will unveil its scale model of the solar system Nov. 14. Following a brief ceremony at the Route 7 South observatory, behind the high school, the ...