The cosmos has served up a gift for a group of scientists who have been searching for one of the most elusive phenomena in ...

Physicists have created the first-ever atomic vortex beam — a swirling tornado of atoms and molecules with mysterious properties that have yet to be understood. By sending a straight beam of helium ...

The polar vortex rages in the arctic during the winter, producing winds up to 150 miles per hour. But when that vortex weakens, arctic air escapes to more southerly latitudes, which creates ...

In an exciting new discovery, scientists have identified that magnetic tornadoes on Jupiter are creating massive storms the size of Earth. These storms, which manifest as dark ovals in the planet’s ...

Artistic representation of the center down-convergent polarization field. It results from the compression of the polarization flux by the sidewalls of the nanoislands. The texture in each nanoisland ...

Amazing new photos from NASA's Cassini probe orbiting Saturn reveal a dizzying glimpse into a monster storm raging on the ringed planet's north pole. Cassini took the spectacular Saturn storm photos ...

An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where our perception of an image differs from objective reality. This image is perceived as a visual impression of a swirling tunnel or vortex effect. These ...

A whirling onslaught of frigid air, known as a polar vortex, moves menacingly over the northern United States in a new photo from a weather satellite in orbit. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...