The next time we get snow showers (which have been hard to come by this winter and last winter), see if you can catch a couple and look very closely (or pull out a magnifying glass). You'll see that ...

Is it true that two snowflakes can't be identical and if not, what are the odds? The specific number of snowflake types depends on who you ask. Photographer Wilson Alwyn Bentley took pictures of ...

Snowflakes are tiny but incredibly complex. Simply put, it’s an ice crystal that has gained enough mass to fall to Earth as snow. The shape of that crystal structure is largely determined by the ...

Snowflakes form when supercooled water vapor freezes around particles in clouds. Temperature and humidity dictate snowflake shape; needles form around -5 to -10°C. No two snowflakes are alike due to ...