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 they hide ...

The universe, as Douglas Adams so memorably explained, is big. Really big. But so are the things inside it -- even objects like the Solar System, which on a galactic scale are absolutely minuscule. A ...

Using data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey, astronomers have created a 3D map of the low-density bubble of X-ray-emitting, million-degree hot gas that surrounds the solar system. The investigation has ...

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 ...

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For the first time since 2008, two new planets are being added to one of northern Maine's most famous — and scientifically accurate — roadside attractions. Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the ...

Astrophysicists are mapping a vast, hidden structure in the gas around the Sun that behaves like a tunnel carved through interstellar space, potentially linking our solar system to distant stars.