A brief synopsis of the evolution of the life and physical sciences program at NASA along with a sampling of its accomplishments is provided below. The committee’s intention is not that this synopsis ...

A new study comparing wild and zoo-housed Sumatran orangutans reveals that life in a zoo significantly alters how orangutans interact with their environment. Researchers analyzed over 12,000 instances ...

NASA’s goal of moving beyond low Earth orbit (LEO), when considered against the current timeline and plans for the International Space Station (ISS), creates a sense of urgency for science ...

HOUSTON — Imagine yourself hip-to-hip, shoulder-to-shoulder, inside a room the size of a walk-in closet for eight hours with five people you just met. Does that make you sweat? Or maybe make your ...

All conceivable life forms, whether earthly or extraterrestrial, require an energy source, and scientists are increasingly employing a “Follow the Energy” approach in the search for signs of ...

Life, as they say, finds a way — even in the most sterile places on Earth. Scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, along with researchers in India and Saudi ...

Mars skylights like this could be the mouths of caves formed by lava tubes. NASA wants to explore them. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Univ. of Arizona Ever since scientists have had an orbiter's view ...

In an era of rapid technological change, space exploration promises profound scientific insights and groundbreaking opportunities. As I discussed in my talk "What's Space Got To Do With It?", space ...

Louis Friedman is co-founder and former executive director of the Planetary Society. The three big questions about life — What is life? How did life originate? Is there extraterrestrial life? (Are we ...

We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific evidence at a record pace. Yet the age-old question remains unanswered: are we ...