Snow is made up of trillions of tiny ice crystals to make snowflakes, with not one alike. Here's how they form.

Ukichiro Nakaya, the Japanese physicist responsible for creating the first artificial snowflake, also created a classification system of 41 different crystal types. Shapes can range from cups to ...

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 ...

Like snowflakes, supporting Science News can take ... When water molecules chill down, they assemble into a myriad of spectacular shapes from simple hexagons to star-shaped dendrites.

What type of snowflakes are falling on Milwaukee? Though snowflakes come in a bevy of sizes and shapes, the type of snowflakes falling in Milwaukee on Wednesday are probably just what you imagine ...

That shape changes even further as they fall through the air. As each snowflake falls, it encounters water vapour in the atmosphere. This has a big effect on its shape. If humidity is low ...

It was a beautiful scene. It was at this point that I started to notice the individual snowflakes that were sticking to my dark green jacket. I could see amazing shapes and sizes, so I decided to ...

She’s hoping to grab some more this week. Credit: Becky Dewey Credit: Becky Dewey What you may not know is that the shape of snowflakes depends on the air temperature in the atmosphere.