Latest about water
What's the highest temperature water can freeze, and the lowest it can boil on Earth?
Ice can form on Earth at temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius), and water can boil below 212 F (100 C). Here's how.
How does water get stuck in your ear — and how do you get it out?
Whether it's from a day at the beach or a trip to the swimming pool, getting water stuck in your ear is very common. But how does it happen?
Mysterious source of water on the moon traced to Earth's magnetic shield
Some of the moon's surface water may have an Earthly origin, due to high-energy interactions between the sun and Earth's magnetic shield, new research suggests.
James Webb telescope sees potential signs of alien life in the atmosphere of a distant 'Goldilocks' water world
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential traces of dimethyl sulfide, a chemical only known to be created by phytoplankton on Earth, in the atmosphere of an exoplanet believed to have its own liquid ocean.
NASA may have unknowingly found and killed alien life on Mars 50 years ago, scientist claims
One researcher hypothesizes that experiments carried out by NASA's Viking landers in 1976 could have inadvertently killed microbes living in Martian rocks. Other experts are skeptical.
Bizarre polygons on Mars' surface hint that alien life on Red Planet was possible
A patchwork of polygon-shaped cracks in ancient Martian mud are evidence of past wet-dry cycles, which could have helped extraterrestrial life emerge on the Red Planet.
Volcanoes like Kīlauea and Mauna Loa don't erupt like we thought they did, scientists discover
The magma that erupts from basaltic volcanoes in the middle of tectonic plates originates from within Earth's mantle — rather than from the outer crust — and is propelled upward by CO2, not water.
How does water put out fire?
Water extinguishes fire, but it doesn't act on the flames themselves.
