The Union Cabinet approved Rs 1,236 crore for the Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM), which is expected to be launched sometime in ...

We know Mars once had an active geological past, filled with water, volcanic activity, and dynamic geological changes. Now, ...

An astronomer is suggesting that Mars once had a large moon that exerted enough force to create a large bulge on its surface.

The largest moon in the solar system is Ganymede, which orbits the largest planet, Jupiter. New research suggests that an ...

The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM). This groundbreaking ...

As dense rock fragments beneath the surface detach and sink into the more fluid layer of the planet's mantle ... already knew ...

Studies of gravity variations at Mars have revealed dense, large-scale structures hidden beneath the sediment layers of a ...

It took feats of engineering and deft piloting to map the planet’s topography, an achievement that continues to pay dividends ...

This is the second installment of a two-part series about the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Read part one here. Elevation ...

Billions of years ago, a massive asteroid struck Ganymede, the largest moon orbiting Jupiter, shifting it on its axis, new ...

Guides for viewing Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in September in addition to highlighting any eye-catching conjunctions they will have with the moon. September brings a very good ...

A massive collision billions of years ago may have dramatically reoriented Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. Naoyuki Hirata at Kobe University, Japan, and his colleagues studied Ganymede’s ...