FARGO — Frost and snow are made of ice but form as intricate crystals, whereas ice that forms on a lake or a puddle is more of a hard blob of water. Impurities aside, water is made of water and ice ...

WARNING: this video contains incredible macro footage of supercooled water droplets nucleating ice. This video contains incredible macro footage of supercooled water droplets nucleating ice. All ...

The other day I posted a bragging-type sunset picture taken from our backyard and posted it. Someone skipped the killer reds and oranges and noted all the pretty white snow covering everything. I had ...

Visual representation of the structure of low-density amorphous ice. Many tiny crystallites (white) are concealed in the amorphous material (blue). “Space ice” contains tiny crystals and is not, as ...

Bright patches of light, known as sun dogs, appear when sunlight bends through hexagonal ice crystals in high-altitude clouds. These dazzling displays, often seen in cold, clear conditions or near ...

Pilots flying over the towering Himalayas sometimes witness the extraordinary sight of three suns in the sky simultaneously. This phenomenon, known as a sundog or parhelion, is not caused by ...