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For Astrobiology Researchers

NASA supports research to understand the origin of life on Earth and the potential for the origin of life on other worlds, the habitability of environments throughout the universe, and the search for life in the universe. Within the NASA Science Mission Directorate there are many Research and Analysis programs that solicit proposals from the research community that include astrobiology research. Results from these programs guide our strategy, inform our missions, and continue the quest to answer these fundamental questions: How does life begin and evolve? Is there life elsewhere in the Universe? What is the future of life on Earth and beyond?

An illustration of an ocean wave framed inside a droplet of water in sunset colors of pinks, blues, and purples. The wave sweeps around to the right, following the motion of luminescent pink, golden auroras on the horizon. The auroras and water curve upward through the sky, meeting up with a large bluish/purplish spiral galaxy in the upper left. On the far side of the galaxy is an exoplanet system and distant deep field galaxies. On the auroral path is Earth’s Moon, the asteroid Bennu, Mars, and Europa - all bodies in our solar system where water has been found. Above the horizon, the international space station hovers in the sky, while the Europa Clipper mission hovers near Jupiter’s icy moon. Molecular structures drift up from the ocean’s depths, becoming constellations once they reach the sky. They follow the auroras and cresting water upward toward the galaxy, connecting life to the stars. A few meteors streak across the middle sky. Backlit by the setting sun, a NASA-funded research vessel sails in the foreground. Below the water’s surface, the vessel’s submersible explores the ocean’s depths. A ground-based observatory perches on a cliff on the horizon.