"The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names Krishnan, Valiamala, Varkala, Thumba, Bekal, ...

Names of researchers and places from Kerala have been approved for geographic features on Mars -- among these is a ...

The IAU has approved several Kerala place-names for features on Mars, marking the first time locations from the state have ...

India has added seven new names to the Martian geological map. Prominent Kerala locations like Periyar, Bekal, Varkala, ...

Both NASA’s Perseverance and China’s Zhurong rovers have recently found signs that Mars may have had more water than expected. NASA’s Perseverance rover on the 198th Martian day, or sol, of its ...

However, the most interesting equipment to be deployed in the future has to be the robodog. Called the Legged Autonomous ...

The team's persistence overcame initial rejections for pronunciation or compliance, securing approval from the IAU.

When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, they have to find ways to create Mars-like ...

The massive Olympus Mons volcano on Mars—one of the solar system’s highest peaks—may have towered above a Martian ocean in the distant past, a new study suggests. The research identifies an escarpment ...

It comes amid positive developments on the High Street. Two years ago, HMV reopened its flagship Oxford Street store, while ...

Kerala now joins earlier Indian names found on Mars. Ganga and craters named after Devendra Lal remain important examples.

The International Astronomical Union has named Martian features after Kerala researchers and places, including a crater honoring geologist M S Krishnan. This decision recognizes significant ...