From stars to needles to amorphous globs, scientists are demystifying a snowflake’s complex construction, showing how factors ...

Water molecules freeze in a hexagonal pattern and the molecules are further apart than they were as liquid water. Water is unusual because its molecules move ... In ice, water molecules are arranged ...

All snowflakes are six-sided because water molecules bond with one another in a hexagonal lattice. A crystal begins to grow by absorbing water vapor from the surrounding air. Other liquid droplets ...