Wave ripples—the undulating lines in sandy shores that form when the wind pushes shallow water back and forth—are a common sight on Earth’s lakes and beaches. Now, NASA’s Curiosity rover has ...

Icicles made from pure water give scientists brain freeze. In nature, most icicles are made from water with a hint of salt. But lab-made icicles free from salt disobey a prominent theory of how ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has recently discovered rippled rock textures that suggest lakes existed in a region of ancient Mars that scientists had expected to be drier. Rock layers at the ...

A group of physicists from Canada have been growing their own icicles in a lab in the hope of solving a mystery that has, up until now, continued to puzzle scientists. The presence of characteristic ...

A tower of 100 empty plastic gallon jugs might seem an unlikely object in a museum exhibit. But the tower presents an effective monument, making the often invisible clear to see: the importance of ...

Where is it? The Crozet Islands in the Southern Ocean. [-46.41255591, 51.99872352]. What's in the photo? A pair of wave clouds formed by island mountains. Who took the photo? An unnamed astronaut on ...

The signs of wave ripples in the sandy shores of ancient lake beds, created as wind pushed water back and forth have been found on Mars providing evidence that there were open bodies of water, not ...

Thinking of ripple effects allegorically awakens three different parts of my brain. One part thinks of the consequences of something that happens, and another part thinks of gently flowing water in ...