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So Overstreet and his partner, Alex Gorosh, decided to build a model that would accurately represent what the solar system actually looks like.

Two filmmakers built what might be the first-ever scale model of the Solar System in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, and it spanned seven miles.

The premise is simple: to build a solar system model to scale. The result, done on an empty 7-mile stretch on a dry lakebed in Nevada, is just awesome. Wylie Overstreet writes: ...

A solar system model is the most effective way to accurately plot the relation of all the celestial objects on a much smaller scale.

We spent the time to research and plan our own installation, and it'll help you make the right decisions when you build out your own system.

Our solar system is much more expansive than we might assume based on diagrams that are meant primarily to convey information and a conceptual view.

In just 36 hours, two filmmakers built the solar system to scale in the Nevada desert.

NASA's New Horizons mission has sparked a renewed interest in all things space. It also likely inspired a couple of filmmakers to dispel a common myth and build a scale model of our solar system ...

Real world solar system models can be found in lots of places, the one that inspired us was the Maine solar system model. We originally tried to make something similar to this, but it was ...

In this solar system, Jupiter is about the size of a miniature watermelon. The sun is a small weather balloon. And the orbits, traced onto a dry lakebed, are huge.