John Casani, who has died aged 92, was an American spaceflight engineer who led the teams that pioneered Nasa’s explorations ...

Dallas Campbell shows an orrery – a mechanical model of the solar system. Suitable for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4/GCSE, Third Level, National 4, National 5 and Higher ...

Spread the loveIntroduction: The solar system is an enormous and vast realm with objects so distant from each other that it can be challenging for our minds to comprehend the actual scale. Imagine if ...

With the Sun situated at the base of Old College Hall, the oldest building on campus, the “planet walk” aims to serve as a scaled model of the distances between planets in the solar system.

Scale Model Solar System Scale Model 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 ...

The awe-inspiring distances of the cosmos are hard to visualise, so how can we be certain we are measuring them correctly?

As Pluto is finally added to the University of Arizona's scale model solar system, a new study suggests how the dwarf planet's cold heart was originally broken.

Welcome to model.samuelesnow.co, a visually rich, animated, and interactive website built to demonstrate the true scale of our Solar System as part of a school project for ...

The fastest flyby? That would be totally-not-a-spaceship ’Oumuamua. The Weird Universe As with all simple models, the planets-orbiting-the-sun model of the solar system is incomplete.

Researchers have built a pilot-scale solar reactor that produces usable heat and oxygen, in addition to generating hydrogen with unprecedented efficiency for its size.