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

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Two filmmakers built what might be the first-ever scale model of the Solar System in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, and it spanned seven miles.

The premise is simple: to build a solar system model to scale. The result, done on an empty 7-mile stretch on a dry lakebed in Nevada, is just awesome. Wylie Overstreet writes: ...

Researchers have successfully simulated the initial size and mass distribution of the building blocks of planets and asteroids known today. The computer model also explains how these original ...

In just 36 hours, two filmmakers built the solar system to scale in the Nevada desert.

The model features the sun in the middle, surrounded by the eight planets in our Solar System (sorry, Pluto, we still love you). What is interesting about this build is that it is working and it ...

A solar system model is the most effective way to accurately plot the relation of all the celestial objects on a much smaller scale.

Get your scrolling hand ready. An interactive web page has created a scale model of the solar system, where the moon is the size of just one pixel.

A Walk Through the Solar System Scale models of the planets are popping up in cities and parks all over the country.