In this curious film, a pair of friends venture out into the desert to build an accurate to scale model of our solar system.

Have you ever wondered just how big space really is? It’s huge. In fact, it’s astronomical! The Colorado Scale Model Solar System depicts the Sun, the planets, and the distances between them all on ...

I’m a volunteer at the Rancho Mirage Observatory and one thing I’ve learned is that space is big. It’s hard to grasp just how big it is. For example, the sun is 865,000 miles in diameter and the solar ...

Pluto has been added to the University of Arizona’s scale-model walking tour of the solar system, but will that be enough to mend the dwarf planet’s broken heart? Not likely, according to a recent ...

For the first time since 2008, two new planets are being added to one of northern Maine's most famous — and scientifically accurate — roadside attractions. Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the ...