When the polar vortex stumbles, the weather at ground level can pivot from mild to brutal in a matter of days. A circulation that usually spins quietly above the pole can suddenly send lobes of Arctic ...

Mathematical analysis identifies a vortex structure that is impervious to decay. Scientists have shown how three vortices can be linked in a way that prevents them from being dismantled. The structure ...

SEDONA, Ariz. — The rock formation known as Kachina Woman rises like an obelisk out of a cool green canyon. At its base, more than three dozen women are tucked into crevices in the rust-colored stone, ...

On February 2, material from the sun separated from the star and got sucked up into a polar vortex. The never-before-seen phenomenon was visible in a clip Tamitha Skov, a space weather physicist, ...

Vortex phenomena are widespread in nature, from typhoons to ocean currents. In the field of optics, vortex beams, which carry orbital angular momentum, have spiral wavefronts and ring-shaped intensity ...