Have you ever wondered how snowflakes form in the atmosphere? Snowflakes are quite complex productions of our weather that we ...

From stars to needles to amorphous globs, scientists are demystifying a snowflake’s complex construction, showing how factors ...

Those differences are the result of how snowflakes get made. Snow formation begins when warm, moist air smashes into a cooler air mass. The warm air rises, cools, and its water vapor condenses ...

“Snowflakes are kind of anything that falls out of the sky that is snowflakelike.” The presence of tiny particles in the air is the key to snow crystal formation, which typically occurs around ...