An curved arrow pointing right. Not many people know that every snowflake has six sides. Here's why that happens and why it's important to NASA scientists. Video courtesy of NASA. Follow Tech ...

Prof. Ben Murray explains how different snowflakes form and why they have 6 sides.

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 ...

Snowflakes are renowned for their uniqueness ... the flake’s molecules arrange themselves into a distinctive six-sided honeycomb-type structure. This six-sided shape is because of the way ...

Like snowflakes, supporting Science News can take ... fractals and you’ll find a recurring theme: the number six. Six sides, six edges, six branches — ice crystals seem six obsessed.

As the crystal falls, water vapor freezes onto it, building out the classic six-sided snowflake shape. Once the snowflake ...