From stars to needles to amorphous globs, scientists are demystifying a snowflake’s complex construction, showing how factors ...

The anatomy of snowflakes has been studied for hundreds of years. But just what is it that makes one snowflake differ from ...

Snowflakes are like letters from the sky, each crystal a note describing the atmosphere as it falls to the ground. They float effortlessly, but their creation is one of nature’s most complicated ...

I like these selections of snowflake illustrations from the book Snowflakes: A Chapter from the Book of Nature by Israel Perkins Warren. These pages have the same appeal to me that a tattoo flash ...

That shape changes even further as they fall through the air. As each snowflake falls, it encounters water vapour in the atmosphere. This has a big effect on its shape. If humidity is low ...

More air pockets between snowflakes means they act like Tetris pieces and can stack a bit more. More air pockets between snowflakes means they act like Tetris pieces and can stack a bit more.

Like snowflakes, supporting Science News can take ... When water molecules chill down, they assemble into a myriad of spectacular shapes from simple hexagons to star-shaped dendrites.

Kenneth Libbrecht, a physics professor at California Institute of Technology who has studied snowflakes for more than two decades, said snow crystals include the “star-shaped” hexagonal kind ...