The shape of that crystal structure is largely determined by the temperature and humidity at which the snowflake forms. At ...

Like snowflakes, supporting Science News can ... When water molecules chill down, they assemble into a myriad of spectacular shapes from simple hexagons to star-shaped dendrites.

When you hear that a winter storm dropped several inches of snow, you might not realize that it’s not always as simple as ...

Some snowflakes have very simple shapes, but others, like dendrite snowflakes, have lots of different patterns. The name dendrite means tree-like, because they look like they have branches ...