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Student says new form of ice could potentially be from outer space.

On this episode of Cheddar Innovates: Astronauts, get your warm drinks ready. Scientists say they've discovered a new form of ice that could exist on a distant planet.

Wait, wasn't this the plot to that one Kurt Vonnegut novel?

Researchers say they've cooked up the elusive form of ice using crushing pressure and lasers.

Thought when it came to ice, there's just ice? Think again: Researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas discovered a new form of ice, they announced last week.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ researchers have discovered a new form of ice, redefining the properties of high-pressure water.

A team of scientists working in 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Nevada Extreme Conditions Lab pioneered a new method for measuring the properties of water under high pressure. The water sample was first squeezed between the tips of two opposite-facing diamonds—freezing into several jumbled ice crystals. The ice was then subjected to a laser-heating technique that temporarily melted it before it quickly re-formed into a powder-like collection of tiny crystals.

The scientists made Ice-VIIt in the lab by squeezing water at a pressure more than 50,000 that found at sea level.