KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Have you ever looked closely at a snowflake falling and landing on the ground? Each one is so beautiful, and when billions of them accumulate, a winter wonderland is experienced.

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 ...

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From a distance, snow may seem simple. But the journey of a single snowflake is anything but ordinary — and it involves chemistry, clouds and just the right atmospheric conditions. To understand how ...

They say that no two snowflakes are the same. That may be true, but snowflakes share some striking similarities. Take a look at these snowflakes: See a pattern? It may not be immediately clear, but ...

Snowflakes start as ice crystals (in clouds in sub-freezing air) with a basic six-sided shape because of the structure of the water molecule. The range in the shape of the microscopic lattice arms ...

As winter settles in, many of us are getting an up-close look at more snowflakes than we might care to. Let’s take a moment to look at just what forces are shaping (literally) our winter weather. Top ...

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! Atmospheric conditions affect how snow ...

I experienced snow for the first time when we trekked to the permanent snow line in Himachal as a 13-year-old; snowball fights ensued while we slid and fell. My first real snowfall came much later. I ...

WHEN Bing Crosby dreamed of a white Christmas, chances are he imagined one fashioned by flurries of perfect, six-sided snowflakes. This image of what a snowflake looks like has become ubiquitous. It ...