Snow is made of tiny ice crystals that can transform into a variety of intricate symmetrical patterns forming a beautiful ...

North Carolina is expected to see some more of the white stuff this weekend. Here's how it is formed and if could ever be too ...

Fresh snow can look like a blank sheet of paper, so bright it almost hurts to stare at in midday sun. Yet at the microscopic level, those flakes are not white at all, and the color we think we see is ...

The surrounding air affects how snowflakes develop. In drier air, growth is slow and produces simple, compact or column-like designs that create dry, powdery snow. Humid air accelerates snowflake ...

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Surprisingly, the magic of snowflakes often begins with dust in the air. All it takes is for a cold drop of water to freeze on one of these ...

We take a look at why North Carolina’s geography usually stands in the way of snow here in the East ...

Fluffy, white snow is falling and the roads are glistening, and you are wishing and hoping that it will be enough to cancel school. You turn on your local weather to get a more detailed forecast, and ...