SpaceX successfully launched the world’s most powerful rocket, a towering behemoth known as the Falcon Heavy that tore through the sky with the thundering force of 18 Boeing 747 jetliners. Continue reading SpaceX launches world’s most powerful rocket
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NASA prepares deep space atomic clock for test flight
NASA has said it is preparing to send its deep space atomic clock on a test flight in 2018 as a hosted payload on General Atomic’s Orbital Test Bed spacecraft aboard the US Air Force Space Technology Program (STP-2) mission. Continue reading NASA prepares deep space atomic clock for test flight
Google Photos gets AI-powered video feature
Google India launched a feature on Google Photos that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help users create and share videos ahead of Valentine’s Day. Continue reading Google Photos gets AI-powered video feature
Titan ocean re-created in lab to test NASA submarine
As NASA plans to launch a real submarine into Titan seas in the next 20 years, researchers at Washington State University have re-created an alien ocean in a laboratory. Continue reading Titan ocean re-created in lab to test NASA submarine
Scientists spot massive ice deposits on Mars
Scientists have unearthed thick and massive deposits of ice in some regions on Mars.
The images taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) showed the three-dimensional structure of massive ice deposits on Mars. Continue reading Scientists spot massive ice deposits on Mars
Stingray soft robot may promote bio-inspired robotics
Scientists have developed a tissue-based soft robot that mimics the biomechanics of a stingray, a finding that could lead to advances in bio-inspired robotics, regenerative medicine and medical diagnostics. Continue reading Stingray soft robot may promote bio-inspired robotics
SpaceX launches secretive Zuma spacecraft
SpaceX began the new year with a mystery-shrouded mission to deliver a government spacecraft, called Zuma, into orbit, the media reported. Continue reading SpaceX launches secretive Zuma spacecraft
Google deploys patch for security flaws in chips
To safeguard its customers from potential security bugs in chips, Google has deployed a novel chip-level patch across its entire infrastructure, resulting in only minor declines in performance in most cases. Continue reading Google deploys patch for security flaws in chips
Smartphone sensors can give hackers clues to your PIN number
Instruments in smartphones such as the accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensors represent a potential security vulnerability as researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found that data from these sensors could be used by hackers to guess the security PIN and unlock it. Continue reading Smartphone sensors can give hackers clues to your PIN number
Google AI helps NASA discover two exoplanets
Utilising Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms from Google that decoded massive sets of data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, scientists have discovered two exoplanets, including one that has the first known eight-planet system like ours. Continue reading Google AI helps NASA discover two exoplanets