Visualize the Scale of the Solar System with Drones and Football Fields
Our solar system is big and that can make it hard to visualize. In this video Mark Rober uses drones to show the distances involved.
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Watch the Fiery Rotations of a 40-Foot-Wide Mechanical Solar System
Watch this Jim Henson inspired solar system as it rotates, glows, and spews flames.
How-To: Mini Revolving Solar System
Attention science geeks, crafty parents, and the quirky decor-obsessed: Make your own mini revolving solar system!
How-To: Embroidery Floss Solar System
This embroidery floss solar system from Laura at Art for Little Hands is gorgeous, yet shockingly easy to make, and Laura’s idea to hang the planets around a ceiling light sun is a particularly wonderful touch! (I might also add twinkle lights in the background to create stars for when the lights are out.) Even […]
Solar System Cake Pops
Jeromina of paper, plate, and plane had some leftover icing and wanted to play around with marbling it, so she created this adorable set of solar system-inspired cake pops. How cool are those Saturn rings?
