Kepler space telescope
The Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel and will be retired after a 9-1/2-year mission in which it detected thousands of planets beyond our solar system and boosted the search for worlds that might harbour alien life.
UN Human Rights Prize 2018
Recently, UNannounced Rights Prize winners for 2018.
5G Technology
Korean firm Samsung said that it will conduct field trials for 5G in India during the first quarter of 2019.
Train-18: India’s first engine-less train
Train 18, India’s first engine-less train for inter-city travel is set to hit the trackssoon.
Bepi Colombo spacecraft
Europe, Japan sent spacecraft on 7-year journey to Mercury.
Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC)
Union Government has constituted a new 21-member advisory panel on science, technology and innovation called Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC).
100k GenomeAsia project and Genome sequencing
A group of Indian scientists and companies are involved with a 100k GenomeAsia project, led out of the National Technological University (NTU), Singapore, to sequence the whole genomes of 100k Asians, including 50,000 Indians.
Nobel Prizes 2018
Recently, Nobel Prizes 2018 announced in various domains.
NASA’s New Horizons mission
NASA’s New Horizons probe is on course to fly by the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, which is at a distance of 6.6 billion kilometers from Earth.
Humanoids
Recently the annual International Conference on Intelligent Robots held in Madrid.