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Water plumes from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus may show promising signs of life

New research says methane levels detected in the plumes of one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus, might point to a habitable world.

These are some of the most compelling ideas on how to terraform Mars into a habitable, Earth-like world for future explorers.

Red dwarf stars are more common than our Sun. What are the prospects for life on exoplanets that orbit them?

How did our solar system come to be? Why are the planets, asteroids, comets, and other small worlds where they are now?

Learn when we discovered lunar water, where it is, and how future missions will study it.

Liftoff atop the country’s GSLV Mk III rocket occurred on 22 July at 14:43 IST (09:13 UTC).

Where did the Moon come from? The origin of our cosmic neighbor is a fundamental question in planetary science.

Take a look at how electronics of spacecraft are built to survive the harshness of space environments.