The ice in a domestic freezer is remarkably different from the single crystals that form in snow clouds, or even those formed ...

On cold, sunny days, tiny ice crystals in the atmosphere can create breathtaking displays like halos, sundogs, and light pillars.

For years, researchers have provided contradictory evidence about the “premelting film” of ice, its thickness and whether it ...

A Spanish scientist believes he has finally solved a longstanding mystery about ice that causes the different shapes ice crystals form.

Researchers at Stony Brook University may have captured lightning in a bottle — or at least explained one of the theories of how it is created. Working with researchers in Spain and China, Stony Brook ...

Watch frost form before your eyes as you learn about deposition – the process where water vapor transforms directly into ice crystals. You'll discover how salt affects freezing temperatures and see ...

Inside the cores of ice giant planets, the pressure and temperature are so extreme that the water residing there transitions ...

Snow. It's made up of tiny ice crystals that can transform into a variety of intricate symmetrical patterns forming a beautiful snowflake. Have you ever wondered how snowflakes form? Did you know ...