NewZNew (London) : Pluto may get re-instated as a planet again! After much debate Harvard-Smithsonian Center recently came to a conclusion that it was indeed a planet.
Eight years back, Pluto was relegated to the status of dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union and was stripped off its status...
NewZNew (New Delhi) : ISRO's Mars Orbiter or Mission (MoM) on Monday successfully completed the fourth trajectory correction manoeuvre and test fire of the main liquid engine on the spacecraft.
"#MarsOrbiter Main Liquid Engine test firing successful!," tweeted ISRO.
This was one of the biggest tests of this complicated project. The...
NewZNew (New York) : Researchers at the University of Missouri have created a long-lasting and more efficient nuclear battery that could be used as a source of reliable energy in automobiles and space flight.
The battery uses a radioactive isotope called strontium-90 that boosts electro-chemical energy in a water-based solution.
A...
NewZNew (Washington) : Two Boston University graduates have developed a new smartphone app to turn job hunting into a thrilling social experience.
The app called Coffee helps people build a social network quickly.
Once the users sign in and enter information about them, the app automatically shows share them with other...
NewZNew (Washington) : The US space agency has approved to launch a $800 mission in 2016 to return sample from an asteroid that may collide with the Earth in the 21st century.
"In 2019, the mission called OSIRIS will touch Bennu's surface like a pogo stick and a burst of...
Apple unveiled a watch, two larger iPhones and a mobile payments service on Tuesday as Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook seeks to revive the technology company's reputation as a wellspring of innovation. The first new product to be developed and introduced under Cook's reign is a timepiece tethered to...
Automatic object recognition in images is currently tricky. Even if a computer has the help of smart algorithms and human assistants, it may not catch everything in a given scene. Google might change that soon, though; it just detailed a new detection system that can easily spot lots of objects in a scene, even if they're...
Nicaraguan government
A loud boom heard Saturday night by residents of Nicaragua's capital Managua was caused by the impact of small meteorite, government officials confirmed on Sunday.
The piece of rock, possibly from an asteroid that passed close to Earth on Saturday, landed near a city airport and did not cause any...
