Part of the answer depends on what you mean by the word "snowflake." The other part of that answer depends on who you ask. If you consult the Guinness World Record keepers, they say that the "largest ...

Importantly, snowflakes grow from gaseous water vapour and not liquid water. Water molecules in the air diffuse onto the ice ...

Did you know snowflakes start out as dust? Or that snow isn’t actually white? We’re digging into the biggest scientific mysteries surrounding one of winter’s most magical phenomena.

It turns out those neat little snowflakes we've been drawing forever are kind of a lie-and the real ones are way more interesting. Snowflakes feel familiar. We see them on holiday cards, sweaters, ...

Every snowflake really is different and beautiful. Using old camera parts hacked together with boards and tape, Russian amateur photographer Alexey Kljatov has been capturing amazing shots of ...

If you're currently living on the East Coast and just endured Winter Storm Jonas, you've recently been in the presence of thousands and thousands of little snowflakes. Not only that, but each one of ...

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 ...