For astronomers, probing the mysteries of “space ice”—its molecular makeup and how it formed—could be the key to understanding not just extraterrestrial geology but also the potential for alien life.

Scientists created a form of “super ice” that conducts electricity rather than simply freezing by compressing water under ...

Visual representation of the structure of low-density amorphous ice. Many tiny crystallites (white) are concealed in the amorphous material (blue). “Space ice” contains tiny crystals and is not, as ...

Scientists have for the first time recorded complicated structures in ice formed by freezing liquid water at the nanoscale. (Nanowerk News) You’d think there’s nothing surprising left to discover ...

When volcanic eruptions send towering plumes of ash into the atmosphere, they don’t just darken the sky or affect local air quality. New research shows that these eruptions can actually trigger the ...

"Ice in the rest of the universe has long been considered a snapshot of liquid water – that is, a disordered arrangement fixed in place. Our findings show this is not entirely true." Water ice is ...

“Ice XXI” is an entirely new phase of ice with a crystal structure that’s more complex than the ice found on Titan or Ganymede. Reading time 2 minutes For something so common to our daily lives, there ...

Researchers uncover how the surface structure of silver iodide at the atomic scale triggers ice formation in clouds, ...

The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered – and could help predictions of future loss from the ice sheet. Researchers led ...