Artist Oliver Jeffers has unveiled the latest iteration of his massive sculpture, Our Place in Space, a six-mile facsimile of the solar system that stresses just how small we really are. The work, on ...

In this curious film, a pair of friends venture out into the desert to build an accurate to scale model of our solar system.

Pluto has been added to the University of Arizona’s scale-model walking tour of the solar system, but will that be enough to mend the dwarf planet’s broken heart? Not likely, according to a recent ...

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 planets, and the distances between them all on ...

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. Anthony Domanico CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is passionate ...

From our tiny blue planet to the edge of the observable universe, this video takes you on a breathtaking journey of scale. We’ll explore the distances between Earth, the Moon, Mars, Neptune, and ...

Pouring rain didn't dampen the spirits Saturday of about 100 people who gathered to witness the unveiling of a scale-model solar system at the McCarthy Observatory in New Milford. The centerpiece is ...

Looking up into the night sky, it can be difficult to comprehend the vastness of the space that surrounds the Earth – and the impressive size of the various stellar and planetary bodies on display.

The John J. McCarthy Observatory in New Milford will unveil its scale model of the solar system Nov. 14. Following a brief ceremony at the Route 7 South observatory, behind the high school, the ...