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 ...

All lies. A sprawling new installation at the University of Arizona is designed to provide a true picture of our solar system in all its humbling vastness. The Arizona Scale Model Solar System is ...

who the model is named after and evidence for the model. Could be used to explain the size and scale of the Solar System. Students could write a description of the scale and size of 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 ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse ...

Lake Charles, La. (KPLC) - Visitors to the 1st Avenue Walking Trail in Lake Charles can now enjoy a self-guided tour of the solar system. The Voyage Mark II exhibit is a 10-billion-to-one scale model ...

Clarke Institute for Space Science Education. As a 1 to 10-billion scale model of the solar system, all dimensions depicted – including the diameters of the Sun, planets and moons, and the ...

There’s a new object in the distant reaches of our solar system, and it might just offer clues to a long-standing cosmic ...

In the coming decades, Voyager 1 will be joined by other craft sent along solar ... own Solar System. To put the challenge of interstellar travel in perspective, let’s build a scale model ...

But as a casual astronomy observer, I’ve given up hope of holding on to a simple mental model. The solar system is just too weird. It’s probably all Plato’s fault. While all of the ancient ...