Three images of Uranus that are blue, green and red showing a weird bright spot A vortex of relatively warm air has been detected swirling beneath Uranus' clouds, providing strong evidence for the ...

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NASA scientists spotted a strange polar vortex near the Sun's northern pole. The vortex appears to be part of a huge filament of solar plasma that the space agency says broke away from the Sun's ...

As the National Weather Service explains, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that exists over both of Earth’s poles 10 to 30 miles above the surface. The term vortex is used to ...

Rising temperatures in the North Pole are causing parts of the polar vortex to split off and move southward, leading to the possibility of a particularly harsh winter in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The ...

A polar cyclone is swirling on Uranus, further showing that the planet's atmosphere is a hive of hidden activity. The discovery of a northern vortex on Uranus was made through the detection of thermal ...

Michigan and the Great Lakes are bracing for another cold shot later month as a polar vortex split in the stratosphere nudges ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Scientists are investigating whether a warming Arctic is changing the behavior of the polar vortex, a natural atmospheric phenomenon responsible for recent waves of intense ...

A curious phenomenon where a massive filament of solar plasma broke off the sun's surface and is circling its north pole like a vortex has scientists both puzzled and excited. The images of the ...

A couple of winters ago, the term “polar vortex” became a media buzzword used and abused by many people with no idea of what they were talking and writing about. The polar vortex is actually a large ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe. When you ...