From nearly invisible black ice to freezing rain and sleet, here's how common winter weather hazards form, why they're so ...

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

An ice dam can cause serious problems on your roof. We explain how ice dams form, how to stop damage from an ice dam, and how to prevent ice dams from occurring.

For astronomers, probing the mysteries of “space ice”—its molecular makeup and how it formed—could be the key to understanding not just extraterrestrial geology but also the potential for alien life.

Dive in to the latest AST Blog as we explain why some woke up to a glaze of ice this morning and others didn't. The Penn State head coaching search is getting weirder by the day, and the newest ...

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 ...

"Ice in the rest of the universe has long been considered a snapshot of liquid water – that is, a disordered arrangement fixed in place. Our findings show this is not entirely true." When you purchase ...

Water may appear simple but behaves in ways that surprise even the world’s greatest scientists. A new international study has discovered that if it is put under extreme pressure—even at room ...

Scientists from UCL and the University of Cambridge have revealed that "space ice"—long thought to be completely disordered—is actually sprinkled with tiny crystals, changing our fundamental ...

For years, researchers have provided contradictory evidence about the “premelting film” of ice, its thickness and whether it ...

Hailstones causes billions in damage in the U.S. alone, but meteorologists know little about how they form. A new study using isotope analysis successfully recreated the “history” of 27 hailstones as ...