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

But which parts should you choose? Low Tech Magazine has the answer, in the form of a guide to building a small solar power system.

To do it they had to go to a dry lakebed in Nevada, and first build a model of the inner planets to a scale of 1 astronomical unit (AU, or distance from the Sun to Earth) of 176 metres.

Just for fun, here's a Python model showing part of the solar system (up to Jupiter). If you want to see how to make this, I have a video for you.

The two filmmakers — Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh — drove out to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada to recreate an accurate scale model of the solar system. Beginning with the sun, which was ...

NASA's New Horizons mission has sparked a renewed interest in all things space. It also likely inspired a couple of filmmakers to dispel a common myth and build a scale model of our solar system ...

Getting solar panels professionally installed can be expensive. If you're on a budget, here's how you can make your own.