In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...

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 ...

Snowflakes appear in dozens of structures, from simple columns and stars to ornate dendrites and beyond. Ahead, we’ve ...

A snowflake is a small weather feature that can pack a big punch. Many are made up of just one single ice crystal while some, more elaborate snowflakes are comprised of as many as 200 ice crystals ...

Imagine you’re floating at the top of a cloud and you’re made of a dust particle. It’s 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Water vapor freezes onto you, making an icy, three-dimensional prism. It has six flat sides ...

Snowflakes are commonly considered delicate "winter beauties," but there is an interesting secret within the complexity of their designs. Their six-sided patterns predict weather, snowflakes are much ...

Have you ever noticed snowflakes can look very different? Whether the snow is wet and fluffy or hard and icy can impact the shape of each individual snowflake! A snowflake begins to form when an ...

(WHTM) — Christmas is just a week away, everyone will be waiting to see if we will have a white or a wet Christmas. But, what exactly is snow and how does it form? Also, why do two snowflakes never ...

When you put the borax in boiling water it dissolved. The particles settle on the bottom of the jar and the pipe cleaner. When the water cools the borax goes back to its natural state. Why is each ...

Snow is an all-too-familiar feature of the colder months across much of the U.S., but how much do you know about the science of snowflakes? There will be plenty of snowflakes falling on Wednesday with ...

In 1887, a rancher named Matt Coleman spotted huge snowflakes that had fallen onto one of his cattle pastures in western Montana during a snowstorm and declared them as "larger than milk pans." With a ...

When one thinks about winter, one thinks about snow and cold. They go hand in hand for many reasons, but what is snow, really ...