Most of the holidays may be over, but winter is sticking around — and it's bringing freezing weather to Texas next week. A polar vortex, a weather pattern similar to the historic winter storm that ...

While meteorologists say that in most cases, polar vortex intrusions aren't disruptive, they are sometimes associated with cold air outbreaks and winter storms, which can in turn affect travel ...

This tutorial from the Jovian Vortex Hunter citizen science project shows how citizen scientists can help astrophysicists by identifying and categorizing vortices in Jupiter's atmosphere. Disclaimer: ...

In an early sign of the winter weather that's coming, the dreaded polar vortex is making news yet again. The polar vortex is "ramping up from its summer slumber," said meteorologist Judah Cohen in an ...

Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has ...