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Google and NASA have joined forces to launch the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab that will allow researchers at the two organizations and a number of universities to research artificial intelligence using quantum computers.

In an unprecedented move for NASA Ames Research Center, historic Hangar One at Moffett Field is being offered up for any use akin to its original purpose -- no ties to NASA's mission required.

NASA's Landsat satellites have been snapping pictures of the Earth from orbit since 1972.

NASA and President Obama are honoring the life and legacy of Sally Ride on the day a national tribute was held for the first American woman in space.

NASA is routinely thought of as the our precursor to the fictional Starfleet Academy, and recently, astronauts interacted with "Star Trek Into Darkness" stars to discuss the intersection between "Star Trek" and NASA's current programs.

Last week, NASA astronomers monitoring the Moon saw an explosion larger than anything they've seen before .

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its front left Hazard-Avoidance Camera for this image of the rover's arm over the drilling target "Cumberland" during the 275th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars .

We're a long ways off from the days when JFK told the nation that the United States would put a man on the moon, and in recent years, what with the Great Recession, space exploration seems to have taken a backseat.

NASA Television will provide extensive coverage of the launch and docking of the next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station on Tuesday, May 28.

Whether or not NASA's Kepler spacecraft can bounce back from the malfunction that has stalled its search for alien planets, the mission's place in history is assured, scientists say.

The much-anticipated incoming Comet ISON, which some scientists hope will become the "comet of the century" later this year, may not be visible to the naked eye yet, but you don't have to wait months to see this icy wanderer.

An asteroid as long across as the Golden Gate Bridge will be making a relatively near pass by Earth on May 31 - thankfully, staying far away enough not to be worrisome.

A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon recently, causing an explosion that was visible on Earth without the aid of a telescope, NASA reported Friday.

Recently my mom found a deal on a NASA Space Shuttle kite and snagged it up for the grand kids to enjoy.

Swinging around the Sun's eastern limb last Monday was a group of sunspots labeled active region AR1748.

NASA announced this week that a key piece of gear on its Kepler space telescope has run into trouble.

And electric engines could turn out to be a key element in NASA's goal of sending people to Mars, experts say.

A nice look at the surface of Rhea, the second largest moon of Saturn. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Sorry to see this the last targeted flyby of Rhea.

Florida teen Kiera Wilmot , 16, deserved some good news after being the target of a racist legal system, arrested and expelled for causing a small explosion during a science experiment.

Image Caption: Pascal Lee and Sgt Andre Pearson conduct "small body" geological sampling in simulated spacesuits while anchored and tethered on a steep boulder slope at Asteroid Hill, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California.