According to the standard model of cosmology, the universe should be the same everywhere and look the same in every direction. A little caveat on this last part is that it’s the same in every ...

Our Solar System orbits the galactic center at an estimated 792,000 kilometers per hour, taking 225 million Earth years to complete one galactic year. Meanwhile, the Milky Way as a whole is thought to ...

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 ...

“The cosmos is also within us, we're made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” - Carl Sagan Compared to the Sun, how big is the Earth? What is a scale model and how does it help ...

Remember those textbook diagrams of the solar system or the foam planets that hung in a tidy row from the ceiling of your grade school classroom? All lies. A sprawling new installation at the ...

A scale model of the solar system, with each planet depicted in relief on individual square granite markers installed atop concrete bases embedded in the ground. Each planet bears a laser etched ...

Look into the night sky, and it might seem like space is a vast expanse of darkness. But are any regions darker than others? What's the darkest place in the solar system and, on a grander scale, the ...