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 ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Snowflakes are frozen water crystals that can never be an exact replica of another. However, snowflakes can be classified into these broader types: dendrites, plates, columns, needles, ...

Atmospheric conditions affect how snow crystals form and what happens to them as they fall to the ground. Snow may fall as symmetrical, six-sided snowflakes, or it may fall as larger clumps of flakes.

It was known that the crystals of snow took complex shapes, there were no two same things. However, by skillfully manipulating the conditions of snow crystallization, American researchers succeed in ...

Snow looks white in the way salt, sugar, or crushed ice looks white. Obvious at first glance. Almost boring. But if you stop ...

Winter snowstorms, like the Nor'easter that just slammed New England, transform gray days into winter wonderlands. So while you're stuck inside, or within snowshoe-walking distance, here are six fun ...

Here's a question to ponder during these cold, wintry days: How big can snowflakes get? Part of the answer depends on what you mean by the word "snowflake." The other part of that answer depends on ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - As I think most of us know, forecasting the weather here in Nebraska and Iowa can be difficult any time of year, but trying to get snow amounts correct can be particularly ...

The beautiful symmetry of snowflakes masks the complex physics that governs how ice crystals grow and develop under different environmental conditions, explains Kenneth Libbrecht (Courtesy: ...