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An engine cooling issue on NASA's giant new rocket for deep-space exploration forced the agency to call off the booster's much-anticipated launch debut early Monday (Aug. 29).
Engine No. 3 of the Artemis 1 mission's Space Launch System rocket could not be conditioned to the proper temperature prior to launch, forcing a scrub on today's launch attempt. That engine previously flew on which space shuttle's final mission?
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Scientists are still coming up empty in the hunt for flaws in Einstein's theory of general relativity that could explain the mysterious force driving the accelerating expansion of the universe.
Space weather watchers observed a series of powerful solar flares between Saturday (Aug. 27) and Monday (Aug. 29), the most powerful of which registered as an M8-class flare and occurred on Monday at 7:07 a.m. EDT (1207 GMT).
Mercury, the smallest and closest planet to the sun, and the crescent moon will appear close together in the lower part of the western night sky tonight.
Soon after the war began, Ukraine requested data from private satellite companies around the world. By the end of April, Ukraine was getting imagery from U.S. companies mere minutes after the data was collected.
