New research suggests that the makeup of space ice might be quite a bit different than we previously believed.

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

Dam construction since 1835 has caused Earth's poles to "wander" away from the planet's rotational axis because of the ...

A new study has found that dams are so effective at 'impounding' massive amounts of water that they've effectively shifted ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

With an abundant supply of liquid water, Earth is one of the few places in the universe where life can develop and flourish. But scientists have long wondered where exactly all of our life-giving ...

Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

Rivers are Earth's arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from ...

“Earth may have had more than enough ingredients to form water from the beginning,” said planetary scientist Patrick Shober, who was not involved in the research.

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into question widely held beliefs about the origins of water and the planet’s ...