Look, up in the sky... No, it isn't Superman, It's an airship. And last month was the 160th anniversary of the birth of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the man who started a new era in air travel.

Jupiter's moon Ganymede shows hints of what was once an ocean. But it is still too early to say whether the satellite supports life

Satellites around the so-called giant planets in our solar system were thought to be of two broad types: large, regular satellites that are in almost circular equatorial orbits and small, irregular

With the most powerful telescope in the world coming up in Chile, our view of the final frontier is sure to become larger and clearer

The discovery of water on the Moon means little unless it can be used. Scientists are using all their skills to figure out how

the old, frail and battered Mir

Evidence of water vapour in the solar system and the possibility of existence of another solar system elsewhere in the Universe has raised hopes of discovering extraterrestrial life

in the far reaches of space, cosmic

Very soon, two satellites will be launched for measuring the changes in Earth's gravitational force due to mass changes equivalent to 1 cm of water over a quarter of a million square kilometres. The

The next US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) mission to Mars will boast of a microphone on board to record the sounds of the Red Planet. These sounds, recorded by the microphone