A 2005 Nature publication detailed a computer simulation of early solar system evolution, known as the Nice model. The Nice model posits initial closer orbital proximities for the outer planets ...

The solar system lost its ninth planet back when Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, but research might indicate that there ...

Solar System is Actually Croissant-Shaped? According to Sputnik News ' latest report, the new computer model simulation showing the alleged true shape of the solar system is considered the most ...

Prevailing theoretical models attempting to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average. Now a new study by Northwestern University astronomers -- the first to model ...

Learn how scientists used ancient raindrops preserved in meteorites to accurately date Jupiter’s creation for the first time.

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 ...

So Overstreet and his partner, Alex Gorosh, decided to build a model that would accurately represent what the solar system actually looks like.

Aroostook County’s iconic Maine Solar System Model is about to get even bigger.