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Unusual formations of mineral deposits virtually identical to ones formed by life on Earth.

The video shows how magnetic field lines shoot off the powerful star, with some looping back towards the surface.

The demonstration was part of an effort to teach school children about space.

Security Scorecard says its big data engine has picked up on a huge number of vulnerabilities affecting Nasa's network.

AnonSec hacked Nasa's internal network for several months without detection and even hijacked a drone.

The SpaceX CEO says he hopes to put people on Mars by 2025

Nasa's rover is currently examining sand samples in the Namib Dunes near Mount Sharp

In 1986, NASA's Space Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center, exploding 73 seconds later due to technical malfunctions

Nasa to host Day of Remembrance in tribute to crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia.

Peake is spending six months in space as part of his Principia mission.

Nasa may exclude those who wake up early from Mars as their body clock is too weak for 37 extra minutes a day.

Nasa said that global temperatures averaged in 2015 broke the previous record set in 2014 by 0.13C.

Scott Kelly has just completed 300 days of living in space as part of a year-long mission.

Peake is spending six months in space as part of his Principia mission.

The NOAA, Nasa and Met Office have all announced that last year was the hottest year ever recorded globally.

The latest strange objects 'filmed' by the space rover has left many scratching their heads.

Back to drawing board for SpaceX as Falcon 9 damaged while attempting landing on floating base.

Peake was conducting repairs with colleague Col Tim Kopra outside the International Space Station.

The Curiosity Rover produced the first ever detailed images of sand sculptures.

The Planetary Defence Coordination Office will monitor threats from incoming asteroids.

Nasa patents an amorphous robot rover filled with fluid that moves over a planet's surface like a worm.

Craft used slabs of a substance called 'aerogel' to capture dust from the comet's tail.

Peake and Nasa astronaut to step out of ISS to replace solar unit.

Autel Robotics shows off dual-mode drone that takes off vertically and then becomes fixed-wing aircraft.

Nasa's Spitzer and Hubble telescopes spot five objects similar to Eta Carinae.

Pablo Carlos Budassi created this image using Photoshop, and data from Princeton University and NASA.

Discovery defies an age-old misnomer that black holes are only destructive in nature.

Enceladus, Rhea and Atlas seen in image taken by spacecraft co-owned by NASA, plus European and Italian space agencies.

El Nino is being blamed for unnaturally warm weather in UK and North Pole and freezing weather in Mexico.

IBTimes has chosen 10 images released by the ESA this year.