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

For about 35 years, the Colorado Scale Model Solar System has delighted campus visitors by shrinking Earth's cosmic neighborhood down to a short walk. Now the exhibit is getting a new update and an ...

Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the latest additions to the Maine Solar System Model, billed as the largest solar system model in the western hemisphere.

Starting with an Earth the size of a marble, these folks built a full-scale model of our solar system across 7 miles of Nevada desert.

This scale model of the solar system starts at the sun, where the trail intersects with Washington Street in Topsfield, and ends just over three miles later at Neptune, located just south of the ...