Which solar system model is best? For as long as humans could look up at the night sky, we’ve been fascinated with the stars. How far away are they? Where did they come from? What secrets do ...

An Egyptian astronomer called Ptolemy (AD100-168) described one of the earliest ideas for how the Solar System is structured. Ptolemy’s model and many earlier ideas of the Solar System had the ...

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 ...

One way is to show the model of the solar system in one web page - as shown here. Another way is to build a scale model in the real world. Real world solar system models can be found in lots of ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

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 planets along ...

If you want to know how the solar system works, head along to Whangārei Primary School. Key information is laid bare on a series of display panels ESOL students put together with the assistance ...

Joined by municipal leaders and officials with Broken Arrow Public Schools, a group of retired and current teachers formally unveiled a scale model of the solar system Tuesday along Albany Street ...

In 2009, a pair of astronomers at the Paris Observatory announced a startling discovery. After building a detailed computational model of our solar system, they ran thousands of numerical simulations, ...