To Scale: The Solar System
On a dry lakebed in Nevada, a group of friends build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits: a true illustration of our place in the universe. A film...
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Why is the Solar System Flat?
In this episode of Minutephysics Henry explains why our solar system is flat. [via minutephysics]
Fiery Looping Rain on the Sun
Eruptive events on the sun can be wildly different. Some come just with a solar flare, some with an additional ejection of solar material called a coronal mass ejection (CME), and some with complex...
