Water

Space Rethinking the “Ice Giants”: Uranus and Neptune may be rockier than we thought

New models reveal Uranus and Neptune may be more rocky than icy, challenging decades-old ideas about planet formation.

Space Venus’s clouds contain massive reservoirs of water and iron Joseph Shavit

Space How a planetary crash with Theia brought water and life to Earth Joshua Shavit

Green Impact Scientists develop clean and efficient new method for iron and steel production Shy Cohen

Innovations UVA engineers develop a way for robots to walk on water Joseph Shavit

Green Impact High school student develops inexpensive way to remove microplastics from drinking water

Discoveries Sunlight’s hidden electric field linked to faster water evaporation

Space Swirling clouds of gas and dust rich in CO2, not water form planets, study finds

Space New research finds water on icy moons defies the laws of physics

Space Did comets bring Earth its water? Scientists find new evidence

Space Mars glaciers found to be 80% ice – could fuel future human settlements

Space Scientists detect the building blocks of life surrounding star V883 Orionis

Space Why Mars became a desert while Earth stayed alive

Space Space ice is less like water than scientists thought, study finds

Green Impact Southern Ocean shows troubling signs of a growing climate emergency

Space Scientists may have found the right location to begin living on Mars

Green Impact Earth’s atmosphere is getting thirstier—and that spells trouble