From stars to needles to amorphous globs, scientists are demystifying a snowflake’s complex construction — showing how factors such as temperature can influence their shape. Some researchers ...

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 ...

You'll see that snowflakes come in an array of different shapes and structures. To start, extremely cold water droplets in a cloud freeze onto bits of dust, dirt, and pollen in the clouds ...

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 ...

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.