This website is currently being migrated. For the most up-to-date astrobiology news, resources, and community announcements, please visit our new home at science.nasa.gov/astrobiology

Home
News & Discoveries
News & Discoveries
All Types
Research Highlight
Feature Story
Program News
Image for Article 1
Statement of Intent to Release a Cooperative Agreement Notice for the NASA Astrobiology InstituteSept. 12, 2016
Image for Article 2
Astrobiology Symposium: The Emergence of Life: On the Earth, in the Lab, and ElsewhereSept. 12, 2016
Image for Article 3
Evening Launch Catapults OSIRIS-REx Toward Asteroid EncounterSept. 9, 2016
This 15cm wide fragment of the Seymchan meteorite found in Russia in 1967 is an iron-nickel pallasite. The long filament of dark grey material in the center is schreibersite.
Did Meteorites Bring Life’s Phosphorus to Earth?Sept. 8, 2016
This MARCI image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a composite mosaic of the north polar cap. The images were taken at midnight, 6 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. martian time, during the summer when the
Planetary Protection for the Journey to MarsSept. 7, 2016
Artist representation of human and robotic Mars exploration.
Executive Summary for the Workshop on Planetary Protection Knowledge Gaps for Human Extraterrestrial MissionsSept. 6, 2016
Image for Article 1
Cataclysm at Meteor Crater: Crystal Sheds Light on Earth, Moon, and MarsSept. 2, 2016
Image for Article 2
The Case Strengthens for Planet 9Sept. 2, 2016
Image for Article 3
A Reevaluation of Putative Biosignatures in Submarine Basaltic GlassesSept. 1, 2016
Image for Article 1
Before Animals, Evolution Waited Eons to InhaleAug. 31, 2016
Elongate nested stromatolites colonized by pustular mat in the Spaven Province on the western margin of Hamelin Pool.
Bacteria Could Aid Search for Creatures On Other PlanetsAug. 30, 2016
Image for Article 3
A Big Step Towards Recreating the Primordial ‘RNA World’ of Four Billion Years Ago Aug. 29, 2016
More News
Resources
Earth Water from Space.
Recent PublicationsBrowse our recently published papersExplore section
Upclose shot of NASA Satellite.
Media ResourcesEverything about our media informationExplore section
Concept Art of a Mars Mission.
NewslettersStay up-to-date with Astrobiology newsExplore section
DNA Traveling through Space.
Ask an AstrobiologistGot questions? We have answersExplore section