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WATERY PLANET: Mars' south polar region contains frozen water to cover the planet in a liquid layer, says study.

WATERY PLANET: Mars

Mar's South Pole full of frozen water

Mars' south polar region contains enough frozen water to cover the whole planet in a liquid layer, says study.

NASA's new quest: Alien life

NASA scientists have used a technique to study distant planets that may one day be used to find life on other planets.

The Silver Dart hypersonic glider will be used to commercialise space travel and revolutionising air travel.

The new planet whose discovery shook up the solar system and led to Pluto's planetary demise has been named Eris.

Scientists said that they have spotted an unusually large and light planet orbiting a distant star.

Earthlike planets covered with oceans that could harbour life may be found in as many as a third of solar systems.

The Indian Govt debunked a prediction based on planetary positions that warned of a possible major earthquake in Assam.

Hundreds of US scientists have challenged the decision to strip Pluto off its planetary status.

Indian astrologers say dropping Pluto as a planet endorse mathematical treatises of Aryabhatta and Varahamihira.

"My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas." That's just one of the ways people learnt the names of planets.

The widow of the astronomer who discovered Pluto is frustrated by the decision to strip it of its planetary status.

While some spoke in favour of the decision, others expressed a “universal” disappointment.