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…
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…
SScience Read More NASA pessimistic about odds of recovering MAVENJanuary 14, 2026 WASHINGTON — NASA says it is “very unlikely” the agency will be able to recover a Mars spacecraft…
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 NASA unveils Artemis 2 launch windows: What we knowJanuary 14, 2026 Crews transport NASA’s Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft from the Multi-Payload Processing Facility to the Launch Abort System Facility…
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…
SSpace Read More Former Google CEO Plans to Singlehandedly Fund a Hubble Telescope ReplacementJanuary 13, 2026 Prototypes of the four proposed telescopes – Schmidt Sciences If you’re a billionaire looking to jump into philanthropy…
EEnvironment Read More Massive iconic iceberg turns blue and is “on the verge of complete disintegration,” NASA saysJanuary 13, 2026 One of the largest and oldest icebergs ever tracked by scientists has turned blue and is “on the…
SScience Read More Hubble takes a closer look at the first of a new type of objectJanuary 12, 2026 Astronomers with Hubble have spotted “Cloud‑9”, a ghostly, starless cloud of dark matter and hydrogen, a fossil relic…
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…