Learn how to make crystal snowflake ornaments. They are a fun, simple holiday craft for all ages. With basic supplies and a ...

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.

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

In the early 1900s, Wilson A. Bentley sent 500 prints of his snowflakes to the Smithsonian to ensure their safety for the future. The images are now part of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

Other droplets freeze onto the crystal, forming the six arms of the snowflake. The crystal structure of the snowflake is mostly determined by temperature as it forms. A change in a degree or two ...

This rare 12-armed crystal is the result of two snowflakes bonding on their fall through the clouds. The icy speckles covering this snowflake result from water droplets freezing onto its surface ...

Image caption, From a single ice crystal, these amazing patterns form according to different weather conditions. Snowflakes are renowned for their uniqueness. No matter how many billions of them ...

A case in point is the snow crystal, which grows into a puzzling variety of unusual morphologies under different conditions. Although snow crystals are the product of a well-understood phase ...

Like snowflakes, supporting Science News can take ... rows that form more hexagons as additional water molecules join the crystal. Scientists now know that H 2 O takes on a six-sided structure ...