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The red planet is orange!

On the night of August 27, turn off your TV. Step outside. And watch the real stars. Mars, the red planet, will be closest to Earth in about 60,000 years! Any kid will tell you how to spot the......

A solar eclipse on the Red Planet!

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Curiosity rover has beamed back a picture of its first solar eclipse from the surface of Mars, showing Phobos, one of the two moons orbiting the Red......

STUNNING PHOTOS: 'Streams of water' on the Red planet

It is known that there are frozen water deposits on Mars. Now, it seems that there are seasonal streams of liquid water flowing across the surface of the Red Planet, say astronomers. In fact, it......

China's 1st Mars rover steps out to explore red planet

China's first Mars rover on Saturday drove down from its landing platform to the Martian surface to start exploring the surface of the red planet. The six-wheeled solar-powered rover named......

Want a house on the Red Planet? Get in line!

As the deadline for registration nears, over 8,000 Indians have so far signed up for a one-way trip to Mars to settle down on the red planet, as the 'Mars One' project is planning to establish a......

India reaches Red Planet, but at home red tape binds space firms

Image: School children celebrate after the success of India's Mars mission. Photograph: Reuters Indian firms are frustrated at the slow execution of projects and lack of government support, which......

India enters top 100 in this prestigious list for first time

India has for the first time secured a place among the top 100 out of 167 countries ranked for their progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a report published......

Now, UAE plans to build a city on Mars by 2117!

The new project will be associated with research themes featuring the exploration of transportation means, energy and food on the Red Planet. The United Arab Emirates has unveiled plans to build......

PayPal founder to build small city on Mars!

Private space entrepreneur and billionaire co-founder of PayPal, Elon Musk is planning to build a small city on Mars for 80,000 space explorers but only vegetarians are invited! Musk, whose......

'I Want To Be The Biggest Superstar In The Country'

'I was a nobody when I came here, and now I've become something.' IMAGE: Raghav Juyal receives the IIFA Award for best actor in negative role for Kill. All photographs: Kind courtesy Raghav......

Superman Review: Exhilarating But Exhausting

This Superman likes a cuppa of hot cocoa, trusts people around him quite easily, gets hurt by social media trolls (the '#Supershit' particularly irks him), and admits to 'screwing up' all the time,......

Sanya Wins Hearts

Ananya's musical weekend... Akshay's cricketing master class... Mallika flaunts her abs... Photograph: Kind courtesy Sanya Malhotra/Instagram We saw her as Mrs. Now, Sanya Malhotra reminds us who......

PHOTOS: John, Nargis, Dia, Soha at Lonely Planet Awards

Lonely Planet Magazine India Travel Awards 2013 were held on Friday at the ITC Grand Central, Parel, Mumbai. Bollywood celebrities turned up in style to take in the show and party.Murder 3 actress......

On Planet Nihalani, reality is defamation

'The most unusual howls of protest from Bollywood have shown that even people known for party drugs draw the line somewhere,' says Mitali Saran. When I was sixteen, Aldous Huxley's The Doors of......

Pioneer Hadjar flies two flags as an Arab in F1

IMAGE: Born in Paris to Algerian scientist parents and competing with a French licence, the Racing Bulls driver stands out at the top level of the sport for his North African heritage as well as......

F1: Verstappen 'on another planet' with victory in China

IMAGE: Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium after winning the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters Triple World champion......

Red Bull eye triple crown

Among all the celebrations for Red Bull's second Formula One constructors' championship in South Korea on Sunday, one familiar team face was notably absent. Adrian Newey, the technical boffin who......