Water doesn’t behave the same way in a glass as it does as ice in your freezer. When water is heated to several thousand ...

Earth’s deep interior may hold water equal to today’s oceans, challenging long-held views of how the planet became habitable.

Research reveals when and why ancient tropical seas transitioned from oxygen oases to marine dead zones, providing clues to ...

A colossal bar of iron hidden inside the Ring Nebula may be the ghostly remains of a planet destroyed by a dying star.

New research shows how changing rainfall speeds up soil carbon loss and how biochar helps soil cope with stress.

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are pioneering the design and synthesis of quantum ...

Under extreme planetary conditions, water turns into a strange, electricity-conducting solid hidden deep inside giant planets.

Spectacular clouds swirl across the surface of Jupiter. These clouds contain water, just like Earth's, but are much denser on ...

An international team of over 60 scientists have successfully created 'extreme' superionic water and finally measured its ...

When fire breaks out in the low-gravity, high-stakes conditions inside spacecraft or space stations, it behaves very ...

These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their ...

Scientists discover water that's solid and liquid. Superionic ice found in lab could explain Uranus and Neptune's bizarre ...