From large, wet flakes to hard, barrel-shaped pellets, snow comes in many forms. While all snowflakes start in the same basic way, variations in temperature and humidity while they are forming ...

When there's a lot of snow out there, you can either make a snowman, a snow angel, or just X-ray the snowflakes. And if you do the latter, you can figure out how many different designs snowflakes take ...

With a camera-equipped microscope of his own making, Kenneth G. Libbrecht shoots some of the world’s most stunning photographs of snowflakes. Since October, four of the physicist’s images have adorned ...

As winter settles in, many of us are getting an up-close look at more snowflakes than we might care to. Let’s take a moment to look at just what forces are shaping (literally) our winter weather. Top ...

Snowflakes are one of the most beautiful parts of snow. Even though the pattern differs from one snowflake to the next, they all form the same way. Snowflakes form in clouds where the temperature is ...

What are snowflakes? Every winter, the world gets a shower of white, delicate crystals from space that turn the ground into a winter wonderland. But how many of us have really thought about how ...

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 ...