Ask most people what the polar vortex is and you'll get a vague answer about "that cold thing from the news." Ask a meteorologist the same question this winter, and you'll get a much longer, more ...

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POSTECH team captures the fleeting moment using X-ray microscopy An image captured by a high-speed X-ray microscope showing the formation of a vortex between two liquids. As a droplet hits the surface ...

Tiny Vortices spotted on the Sun for the first time: Scientists say they could explain how magnetic energy builds up (credit: NSF/NSO/AURA/MPS) Tiny vortices observed on Sun's surface for first time.

Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have uncovered previously unobserved oscillation states—so-called Floquet states—in tiny magnetic vortices. Unlike earlier experiments, ...

Scientists have discovered tiny vortices moving across the Sun’s surface, revealing a previously hidden layer of activity in our star’s constantly changing atmosphere. Captured through a new ...

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, say scientists. Powerful winter ...