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 ...

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 ...

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

GREENSBORO, N.C. — We've had one busy winter compared to the last few years of no snow! Although we haven't actually hit our average for the year at 8" for Greensboro, we've still made it almost to a ...

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 ...

It is 94 degrees outside Ken Libbrecht’s Caltech lab. Inside, within refrigerated coolers, tanks and glass boxes, it is a cool 5 degrees, and Libbrecht is busy making snowflakes. For the past 16 years ...