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

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.

If you're not able to splurge on professional solar panels, you can easily make your own at home. This guide shows you how to make a solar panel and create your own solar system.

A Tesla Model Y owner decided to build his own solar roof that can add over 20 miles of range to the electric SUV per day. Tesla, like many other automakers, had previously explored adding solar ...

A still image from a video produced by the To Scale Series shows a model of the solar system in which planets orbit the sun on a dry lakebed in Nevada.

If you create this model, the Earth and Sun should be about 23 metres apart. If you wanted to walk to the edge of the solar system (where the planet Neptune would be) you would have to walk thirty ...