Perhaps science is not anything else than an attempt (inescapable) to elucidate our own relationship with nature. Seen in this way, the scientific treatment of our origins is vital to the understanding of ourselves. Cosmology, conceived as an effort to give coherence to the physical world at the largest scale using the methods and tools of physics and astronomy, has much to say about how the proper cosmic conditions for the emergence of life arrived. As a matter of fact, perhaps the most important change in our view of the universe since the birth of modern science is the discovery by twentieth century cosmology that the universe is a dynamical entity, which evolves according to local laws that we can (and must) discover (or invent?). Cosmology is the ultimate historical science, that must understand the present universe as the result of the initial conditions that existed 13 × 109 years ago. The evolutionary process allowed to go from a hostile, hot and nearly uniform universe to another highly hospitable, cold, complex and finely structured at very diverse scales world, capable to develop variety, quasi-static structures out of equilibrium (thanks to the anti-entropic tendency of gravitation) and other conditions absolutely necessary for the emergence of any form of life. Within the multidisciplinary approach of astrobiology, the view that cosmology offers is important. Specifically, we aim in this work to show in a non-technical way why this perspective is worth to be taken into account, that is to say, why we think that it has scientific value. Later we will present, again in a non-technical manner, the present paradigm and its supports. Finally, we shall comment briefly about the challenges posed by the paradigm, looking forward to the near future. astrobiology, the view that cosmology offers is important. Specifically, we aim in this work to show in a non-technical way why this perspective is worth to be taken into account, that is to say, why we think that it has scientific value. Later we will present, again in a non-technical manner, the present paradigm and its supports. Finally, we shall comment briefly about the challenges posed by the paradigm, looking forward to the near future.