Nutrition Research Arrives Aboard Space Station

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/nutrition-research-arrives-aboard-space-station/ No matter how far humanity aims to travel or how ambitious the mission, nutrition will play a key role for the crew members on distant worlds. Before planning long-term stays on the Moon, Mars, and beyond, humans must learn to grow and care for plants and other sources of nutrition like algae to keep the explorers taking part in these adventures fed.

NASA’s Webb Redefines Dividing Line Between Planets, Stars

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-redefines-dividing-line-between-planets-stars/ Planets, like those in our solar system, form in a bottom-up process where small bits of rock and ice clump together and grow larger over time. But the heftier the planet, the harder it is to explain its formation that way.

NASA’s X-59 Shows Streamlined Profile in Wheels-Up Flights

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/quesst/2026/04/15/nasas-x-59-shows-streamlined-profile-in-wheels-up-flights/

‘Interstellar Glaciers’: NASA’s SPHEREx Maps Vast Galactic Ice Regions

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/spherex/interstellar-glaciers-nasas-spherex-maps-vast-galactic-ice-regions/

NASA Finds Young Stars Dim in X-rays Surprisingly Quickly

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/nasa-finds-young-stars-dim-in-x-rays-surprisingly-quickly/

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Finds Surprises in an Explosion Near the Sun

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/science-news/2026/04/15/science-nasa-gov-parker-solar-probe-finds-explosive-surprises-on-sun/

NASA to Host Artemis II Crew Postflight News Conference

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-host-artemis-ii-crew-postflight-news-conference/