Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Come with IFLScience as we drive the world’s second-largest scale model of the Solar System in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, and come to an inescapable conclusion: space is big!
We start our journey at the Sun, represented here by the dome of the Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, which is 38 million times smaller than our star. Sticking (as closely as possible!) to this 1:38,000,000 scale, fiberglass models of all planets dot the surrounding region.
Read more: iflscience.com/iflscience-visits-the-second-largest-solar-system-scale-model-in-the-world-and-concludes-space-is-big-83746
Come with IFLScience as we drive the world’s second-largest scale model of the Solar System in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, and come to an inescapable conclusion: space is big!
We start our journey at the Sun, represented here by the dome of the Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, which is 38 million times smaller than our star. Sticking (as closely as possible!) to this 1:38,000,000 scale, fiberglass models of all planets dot the surrounding region.
Read more: iflscience.com/iflscience-visits-the-second-largest-solar-system-scale-model-in-the-world-and-concludes-space-is-big-83746
