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

Explore the true scale of the Solar System in this video, which illustrates the relative sizes of the planets and their distances from the Sun.

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The size of the solar system is defined by the volume ...

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 ...

Astronomers discovered a planetoid orbiting the sun further than any known object in the solar system. Called "Farfarout," the object orbits the sun every 1,000 years. Objects like Farfarout could ...