When it comes to weather forecasting many of us probably know it isn't an exact science, as there are just too many variables ...

From stars to needles to amorphous globs, scientists are demystifying a snowflake’s complex construction, showing how factors such as temperature can influence their shape.

That bent light keeps traveling through the snowflake. Some of the light will hit different parts of the snowflake and bounce ...

You’re not imagining it. Life gets louder when the weather gets colder. Those thuds and bangs folks awake to happen because ...

Flights landing Saturday night at Denver International Airport unwittingly helped trigger the formation of ice crystals in a ...

The anatomy of snowflakes has been studied for hundreds of years. But just what is it that makes one snowflake differ from ...

For people who grew up carefully turning pajamas inside out and backward in hopes of manifesting some flakes, snow can be a powerful reminder of childhood snow days—that joyful surprise when another ...

Freezing rain, at its least intense, can create thin sheets of ice that lead to slick, dangerous conditions for drivers and pedestrians. At its worst, according to National Weather Service forecaster ...

If you look at a single snowflake close up, you will see it is made of ice crystals. Ice is typically clear, but can bounce light back to your eyes that is white. If you stack billions and ...

Snow is what happens when precipitation freezes. Snowflakes are basically a collection of ice crystals that hold together as they fall toward the surface. As long as the air stays at or below ...

Snow, sleet and freezing rain begin as the same thing in the upper atmosphere: snow or ice crystals. As that snow falls, what happens in the atmosphere and how cold the ground is determine whether ...