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Short Wave — An icy mystery: What are lake stars?
Buzzing ratingBUZZING· 74%12m·2026-03-13·Science

An icy mystery: What are lake stars?

Short Wave

When producer Berly McCoy was out on her local frozen lake, she saw something she'd never seen before. There were dark spidery, star-shaped patterns in the ice and they freaked her out. So, we called an expert to find out more about them. In today’s episode, geophysicist Victor Tsai tells us about lake stars and how…

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