Snowflakes appear in dozens of structures, from simple columns and stars to ornate dendrites and beyond. Ahead, we’ve ...

Snow. It's made up of tiny ice crystals that can transform into a variety of intricate symmetrical patterns forming a beautiful snowflake. Have you ever wondered how snowflakes form? Did you know ...

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...

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 ...

Have you ever noticed snowflakes can look very different? Whether the snow is wet and fluffy or hard and icy can impact the shape of each individual snowflake! A snowflake begins to form when an ...

It wasn’t until Kenneth Libbrecht moved to decidedly un-snowy southern California that he finally began to appreciate snow. “I found it kind of funny that after I ended up as an adult and moved away ...

Kenneth Libbrecht is that rare person who, in the middle of winter, gleefully leaves Southern California for a place like Fairbanks, Alaska, where wintertime temperatures rarely rise above freezing.