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

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 ...

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.

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Earlier this month, astronomers were thrilled to spot an interstellar object — only the third of its kind ever observed — hurtling toward the center of the solar system on an extremely unusual ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the ...

The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 times that of the sun. Astronomers have discovered a dense stellar nursery ...