For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast desert—essentially, where there's water. And it turns out that one of the most ...

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 ...

Eric Cunningham breaks down the size of our planetary system to a more understandable, local scale.

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.

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three ...

Just in time for the total solar eclipse next April, Arkansas State University is announcing the installation of the Voyage Model Solar System on the campus.

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