Researchers studying the movement of crowds at a traditional Spanish festival have shown that densely packed groups of people form swirling ‘vortex’ patterns never before documented in human ...

But what exactly is it and how does it impact our weather? The polar vortex is like a giant, swirling pool of super-cold air in the upper atmosphere over the North Pole. Imagine it like a children ...

However, the huge red swirling storm is still shrouded in mystery ... the evolution of our solar system’s oldest and largest vortex.' ...

Each vortex is an enormous swirling windstorm in Jupiter's atmosphere–terrifying yet beautiful to behold. The vortices are labeled by color ("white" is most common, then "dark," then "red").

The Great Red Spot is a giant storm 1.3X the size of Earth that's been raging for hundreds of years. As Juno flew over the swirling vortex, it measured the storm's temperature and depth.

When the winds come together to create a swirling vortex over a covering of snow, it picks the flakes up off the ground, creating a whirling column of the cold stuff. The WMO calls the phenomenon ...

The polar vortex, a swirling mass of cold air located over the polar regions, is responsible for the cold. It's bringing extreme cold as far as the Deep South. Overnight lows will be well below ...