Feature Stories

In a new video from the NASA Astrobiology Program, astrobiologists Dr. Jason Dworkin and Dr. Scott Sandford explain the importance of the OSIRIS-REx mission in the quest to understand the role that asteroids and other small bodies play in the origins of life on Earth.  OSIRIS-REx & the

Have ever wondered how homing pigeons make round trips without GPS, or how pregnant sea turtles find the same beach on which they were born decades earlier to lay their own eggs?

Researchers at NASA's JPL are seeking to better understand the potential for life in Titan’s ocean, and its possible relationship with the organic molecules in the moon’s atmosphere and on its surface.

To unlock the secrets of how prebiotic clutter transitioned to life, organic chemist Krishnamurthy utilizes a discipline called “systems chemistry.”

Each of NASA’s international astrobiology partners take a different tack in looking for the answer to the question of whether there is life elsewhere in the Universe. A creative, multi-pronged investigation is necessary with such a complicated problem.

The centre, which was established in 2011 and began operations in 2013, includes philosophers and social scientists, as well as engineers, biologists and physicists.

Spain’s Centro de Astrobiología (Center of Astrobiology, or CAB) is known for its Martian weather research, as well as its work studying microbes in extreme environments.

The long quest for liquid water on Mars may have finally met with success.

NASA's InSight lander successfully touched down on the Red Planet after an almost seven-month, 300-million-mile journey from Earth.