International researchers have just discovered a new ice form called ice XXI, which compresses water to extreme pressures while keeping it at room temperature. The achievement was accomplished at the ...

Deep within the hot interior of the planet, ice lurks. Now, a form of super-compact ice, found embedded in diamonds, offers the first direct clue that there is abundant water more than 610 kilometers ...

The possibility that there is liquid water on an exoplanet’s surface usually flags it as “potentially habitable,” but the reality is that too much water might prevent life from taking hold. “On Earth, ...

Kurt Vonnegut’s 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle introduced the world to so-called “Ice Nine,” a fictional form of water that freezes at room temperature. If it so much as touches a drop of regular water, that ...

"It represents a major step forward in how we think about the search for distant worlds capable of hosting life." Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged ...