Project News

New Data in NED - 2022 Release Highlights

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database • December 22nd, 2022

NED had two data releases since Chandra data were integrated in April. More than 200K object links to 1800 new articles, 160K redshifts, and 153K new sources have been added.

NED 2021 Release Highlights

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database • January 19th, 2022

In 2021, NED had six releases. The NED November and December 2021 Releases included integration of the Chandra Source Catalog (CSC 2.0.1), 989K new object links, 323K new...

Cross-Matching the Entire All-Sky 2MASS Point Source Catalog with NED

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database • August 2nd, 2018

A major update to the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database was released featuring the results of cross-matching the entire all-sky 2MASS Point Source Catalog with NED.

How Far Away is That Galaxy? Vast Catalog Has Answers

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database • January 5th, 2017

A team of researchers has compiled a special catalog to help astronomers figure out the true distances to tens of thousands of galaxies beyond our own Milky Way. The catalog,...

Astronomers Discover Colossal 'Super Spiral' Galaxies

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database • March 17th, 2016

A new class of behemoth spiral galaxies has been uncovered using NASA archival data.