Another way is to build a scale model in the real world. Real world solar system models can be found in lots of places, the one that inspired us was the Maine solar system model.

There, they created a scale model of the solar system. The stunning video of the project, posted online Wednesday, has drawn hundreds of thousands of views on multiple social media platforms.

Those proportions are kept honest in the scale model, in which an Earth that's only the size of a small marble calls for a solar system that's 7 miles wide.

When you think about it, just about every single photo that you find on the Internet that depicts our solar system fails to do so accurately and to scale. That’s why a group of friends have worked ...

If you’ve ever seen an illustration of the solar system, the odds are good that it was wrong. Not that it messed up the order of the planets, but that the scale was completely off. "Every single ...

A new educational attraction in Swartz Creek is offering families a chance to explore the solar system without leaving the ...

A pair of filmmakers visited a dry lake bed in Nevada to build what they describe as the first-ever scale model of the solar system.

Filmmakers came up with a seven-mile long scale model of the Solar System in the Nevada desert and filmed their work in a documentary titled "To Scale: The Solar System." ...

Burden's Scale Model of the Solar System begins in Gagosian's Booth #A09 at the Seattle Art Fair, where a model of the sun (13 inches in diameter) will hang from the ceiling. Using the scale of 1 ...

Key concepts Solar system Space Planets From National Science Education Standards: Objects in the sky Introduction Have you ever built a model of the solar system for school—or even just seen a ...

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.

Voyage, a $50,000 scale model walkway through the solar system, is coming to Albany Street in Broken Arrow.