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The NED-D catalog is part of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database — a repository containing information on more than 100 million galaxies.

The White House has released its seven-point strategy to prepare for an asteroid impact.

Until now, penitentes — formed due to sublimation of ice and erosion — had only been seen on Earth.

NASA reveals dual robotic missions, named Lucy and Psyche, which will study asteroids in our solar system.

The space agency announced Tuesday that it was close to determining the cause of an anomalous reading encountered during vibration tests carried out last month.

The contracts, announced under NASA's Commercial Crew Transportation Capability program, bring the total number of missions awarded to SpaceX and Boeing to six each.

The space administration is set to launch a couple new programs and could rely increasingly on private partnerships.

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory said the comet will be visible just to the left of the moon on Saturday night.

The source of intense bursts of microwaves is a galaxy named IRAS 16399-0937, located roughly 370 million light-years from Earth.

On Thursday, a team of experts at NASA's Langley Research Center finalized the design for an “Ice Home” — one of the many concepts for sustainable human habitats on Mars.

Images captured using two separate instruments on board NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed a baffling discrepancy — one that relates to the cloud cover on Saturn's largest moon.

Scientists believe understanding the factors affecting the growth and decline of phytoplankton populations is key to comprehending changes in the global carbon cycle.

The barred spiral galaxy, named IC 5201, is located over 40 million light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Grus.

California plans to take Trump to task on climate change and may just ditch him altogether.

The polar vortex has moved south and NASA has produced images to show it happening.

NASA successfully launched a set of eight little satellites on board the Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket into Earth’s orbit Thursday morning. The previous launch was cancelled Monday after problems with the hydraulic pump and weather issues.

Government officials are already  looking into how to protect the Earth from a disaster that could signal the end of the world.

Scientists want the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft to look for Trojan asteroids.

A massive 62.3 foot wave in the North Atlantic measured by a buoy just broke a world record as the largest ever recorded, scientists say.

NASA released a 3D view of carbon dioxide levels across the planet in a video on Wednesday. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite, OCO-2, collected data of carbon dioxide levels around the world between Sept. 1, 2014 through Aug. 31, 2015.

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