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 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 ...

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 ...

They say that no two snowflakes are the same. That may be true, but snowflakes share some striking similarities. Take a look at these snowflakes: See a pattern? It may not be immediately clear, but ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — There's nothing quite like seeing the first snowflakes of the season. Those feathery, ice crystals slowly falling from the clouds and blanketing the ground. You've probably heard ...

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 ...

Peer through a magnifying glass at a snowflake, and you’ll see an ice creation more elaborate than anything Martha Stewart could cut from folded paper. So what’s behind the snowflake’s unique and ...