Most summers, the polar jet stream retreats northward into Canada and weakens considerably, leaving the continental U.S. with ...

If you’re flying east this holiday season, the weather will be in your favor. A screaming band of winds miles above the ...

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Earth’s upper atmosphere depended on a delicate balance of forces to keep the polar vortex trapped at the top of the world. The Polar Night Jet, a high-speed ribbon of wind circling the Arctic, acted ...

A new image of M87 shows and confirms for the first time the feeding ring and jet of its supermassive black hole.

Temperatures across Iowa are forecast to plunge to the coldest in the Lower 48, dipping well below zero as a surge of Arctic ...

Since it appears that Houston not only will miss out on a white Christmas, we’ll have pretty toasty one instead, we thought ...

Frigid temperatures are expected to impact much of the central and eastern United States in the coming weeks. The first of three polar vortex systems is expected this month, according to AccuWeather.

The Indianapolis Colts (8-5) visit the Seattle Seahawks (10-3) in NFL Week 15 action. The Colts are trying to salvage their season in the wake of an avalanche of injuries, particularly at quarterback.

In recent years, the global climate has become increasingly extreme, with intensifying alternations of droughts and ...