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“Launch Update: Due to weather, today’s @SpaceX cargo mission is postponed. Details for the next attempt: Calendar Date – Sun. Aug., 29. Television NASA TV coverage – 2:45am ET (06:45 UT). Rocket Target liftoff – 3:14am ET (07:14 UT),” Nasa shared on Twitter on Saturday.

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, have observed three supermassive black holes from three galaxies merging to form a triple active galactic nuclei, using data from India’s only astronomy space mission, Astrosat

Nasa has also said that the 1.4-kilometre-wide 'potentially hazardous', asteroid will come close to Earth next time on February 22, 2063.

Researchers from China and Brazil have said that the Silutitan specimen is estimated to be more than 65.6 feet long and the Hamititan specimen was 55.77 feet long.

The discovery was made by Chandrayaan-2 orbiter's imaging infrared spectrometer. The scientists said that more data will be made available in the future, giving a complete picture.

The satellite was meant to be the Indian space agency’s first launch in four months but had been lost, officials aware of the matter said.

Faint Perseids appear as tiny, quick streaks. But experts say that occasional brighter ones might sail across the sky for several seconds and leave a brief train of glowing smoke.

The Perseid meteor shower will be visible in the northern hemisphere and down to the mid-southern latitudes, according to earthsky.org. Those who are interested in watching the meteor shower, need to find the darkest possible location away from city lights.

Researchers on Wednesday described a battery of examinations that provided a glimpse inside one of Stonehenge's 52 sandstone megaliths, known as sarsens, gaining insight into its geology and chemistry.

"Galactic siblings fight, too. This #HubbleFriday view shows a triplet of galaxies, called Arp 195, caught in a gravitational tug-of-war game. Ask any astronomer, and they’ll tell you that observation time with Hubble is extremely valuable," the post read.

The ISS spiralled out of control briefly last Thursday when jet thrusters on the Russian research module Nauka inadvertently reignited a few hours after it had docked to the space station.

Saturn will appear bright even with the naked eye and it can be seen throughout the night in August.

Saturn is one of the four outer planets, based on the distance from the Sun. These are separated by the inner planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars - by a belt of asteroids. The other three outer planets are Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.

Porsche, with the help of the Munich-based company Isar Aerospace, intends to make headway in the growing market for rocket technology for launching small satellites into Earth's orbit.