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 had assumed that the ice in space was purely amorphous, but new experiments show it can have a partly crystalline ...

Water frozen in the depths of space has long been considered a shapeless, frozen fog. For decades, scientists believed it formed without structure, too cold and still to grow orderly crystals. But a ...

Chemists have discovered a new form of ice, and their work may have major consequences for our understanding of the outer solar system. We usually encounter three forms of water on the surface of ...

Scientists have created a new type of ice that matches the density and structure of water, perhaps opening a door to studying water’s mysterious properties. “It might be liquid water frozen in time,” ...

What can space ice teach scientists about finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in Physical Review B hopes to address as a team of researchers from the University College ...

Water frozen in the darkness of space doesn't appear to behave the way we thought. A new research effort using computer simulations and experiments to explore the most common form water takes in the ...

Water is the basis of life as we know it, so you'd think we would have a pretty good handle on how it works. However, researchers from Cambridge and University College London have discovered a ...

Adsorption phenomena on ice surfaces are of significant importance for understanding environmental chemistry, atmospheric processes, and climate dynamics. By utilising Grand Canonical Monte Carlo ...