SScience Read More ‘That’s their only ride home’ – Irish scientist on mission to safely return ISS crew to EarthJanuary 16, 2026 Dr Niamh Shaw says evacuation marks a first for the space station Nasa’s Zena Cardman is helped out…
SSpace Read More Senate passes minibus bill funding NASA, rejecting Trump’s proposed cutsJanuary 16, 2026 After a tumultuous 2025 that saw it lose around 4,000 employees, NASA finally has an operating budget for…
SScience Read More Four astronauts splash down off US coast following medical emergency – The Irish TimesJanuary 16, 2026 An ailing astronaut has returned to Earth with three others, ending their space station mission more than a…
SSpace Read More NASA Fears Mars Imager Probe MAVEN May Be LostJanuary 16, 2026 Artist’s impression of MAVEN’s arrival at Mars. NASA is preparing for the likely loss of a long-running Mars…
SScience Read More Four astronauts heading back to Earth after Nasa’s first medical evacuation from space stationJanuary 15, 2026 We need your help now Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us…
SSpace Read More 5 Ways NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission Will Make Spaceflight HistoryJanuary 14, 2026 After years of delays, NASA’s mission to send a crew of astronauts around the Moon and back again…
SSpace Read More Former Google CEO Plans to Singlehandedly Fund a Hubble Telescope ReplacementJanuary 14, 2026 Prototypes of the four proposed telescopes – Schmidt Sciences If you’re a billionaire looking to jump into philanthropy…
SSpace Read More Want to Book a Hotel on the Moon? This Startup Is Now Taking $250K DepositsJanuary 14, 2026 Planning a trip for 2032? You might want to start saving up for a stay at the first…
SScience Read More Barred Spiral Galaxy Spotted Just Two Billion Years after Big BangJanuary 13, 2026 Using the high resolution images from the NIRCam (Near-InfraRed Camera) instrument onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope,…
SSpace Read More Scientists stumble upon fastest-spinning asteroid moving at dizzying speedJanuary 12, 2026 Scientists discovered 76 asteroids, of which 16 are super-fast rotators, taking 13 minutes to 2.2 hours to complete…
SSpace Read More NASA’s Webb finds strange objects that don’t fit any existing classificationJanuary 12, 2026 A Webb image showing two of the nine galaxies (Image source: NASA, ESA, CSA, UT Austin, and STScI;…
SScience Read More NASA Gives Update On The Perseverance Rover’s Future After 5 Years On MarsJanuary 12, 2026 Since it landed on Mars on February 18, 2021, NASA has kept its Perseverance rover busy gathering data…