High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.

So alien oceanlife could be having a party on the ... said Flynn Ames, an expert on icy moons at the University of Reading, and lead author of the study. "That's the challenge we face with ...

Rings of comets have been discovered around 74 alien star systems, revealing not only the existence of trillions of icy exocomets, but also the source of most of the water in these systems.

Based on the amount of time it took life to emerge on Earth, the study bodes well in the search for alien microbes. Deep inside Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn some 890 million miles from Earth ...