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 ...

NASA has released a short animation showing the melting process of a snowflake, the first 3D model to show this in action. The 3D model was created by Jussi Leinonen, a scientist with NASA's Jet ...

CHICAGO — On winter mornings, most people have seen enough snow. But there are some people who can’t get enough, including physicists who study it, mathematicians who ply its sublimely symmetrical ...

For centuries we have marveled at the diversity of snowflakes and told our children that each snowflake is unique (just like our little darlings!) But although each snowflake may be unique on a ...

NASA released a new video that creates a 3D numerical model of snowflakes melting in the atmosphere. While being inescapably mesmerizing, it also offers a better understanding of how snow melts in ...