For the first time, scientists have observed one of these exotic phases: Plastic Ice VII. “Plastic phases are hybrid states ...

A new form of ice that acts as both a liquid and a solid simultaneously has been proven to exist years after it was theorized ...

Scientists observe plastic ice, a rare hybrid of solid and liquid, forming under extreme conditions, revealing planetary ...

High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.

Water ice is a far more complex substance than we might assume. Scientists have now created an exotic new form of ice in the ...

While on Earth we mostly encounter the hexagonal, crystalline ice (like ice cubes, glaciers, snow), there are at least 20 other known ice phases, many of which have merely been theorised to exist in ...

So, if astrobiologists ever do find alien life with a weird chemistry that uses some liquid other than water, it's not likely ...

New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening and melting it.

Snowflakes vary by size and shape but exactly how many different patterns are there and what weather features influence their appearance?

Are you ready for suspended animation of human beings? Because scientists experimenting on mice have successfully been able ...

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...