We’ll insert our pipe cleaner snowflake into the jar and fully submerge it. Wait about 24 hours, and don’t disrupt the jar as the crystal snowflake grows. At that point, you can take the ...

Learn how to make crystal snowflake ornaments. They are a fun, simple holiday craft for all ages. With basic supplies and a little time, you’ll create unique decorations perfect for your tree.

Ukichiro Nakaya, the Japanese physicist responsible for creating the first artificial snowflake, also created a classification system of 41 different crystal types. Shapes can range from cups to ...

This rare 12-armed crystal is the result of two snowflakes bonding on their fall through the clouds. The icy speckles covering this snowflake result from water droplets freezing onto its surface ...

A case in point is the snow crystal, which grows into a puzzling variety of unusual morphologies under different conditions. Although snow crystals are the product of a well-understood phase ...

During its descent, our snowflake experiences unique changes in pressure, temperature and humidity. The conflation of these influences, and the non-equilibrium growth of the crystal snowflake ...

Image caption, From a single ice crystal, these amazing patterns form according to different weather conditions. Snowflakes are renowned for their uniqueness. No matter how many billions of them ...