Tiny crystals hidden in cosmic ice could rewrite what we know about water and life

Scientists discovered a hidden structure inside the most common ice in the universe – who died on comets, moons and interstellar dust – decades of decades of belief. What was considered to be an “amorphous” ice cream is actually encrusted with tiny crystals, each on the width of a bit of DNA. These crystals could reshape the way we understand the formation of planets, the […]