Meteorologists often blame unusual weather events on the movements of a jet stream, not to be confused with the similarly active Gulf Stream. Learn the key differences between the two before the ...

When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...

Like the jet stream, the polar vortex spins around the earth from west to east. This is caused predominately by the Earth's rotation. Smaller-scale atmospheric disturbances can cause it to reverse ...

Moving at roughly 20,505 miles per hour along the distant world's equator, it’s the fastest known jet stream that wraps ...

The planes didn’t break the sound barrier because it was the air moving them so quickly, not their engines. The report compared it to someone walking on a moving walkway at an airport – the person is ...

A storm sweeping the Atlantic has pushed Eastward-bound airliners to speeds of 833 mph and some could still go even faster.

South Florida could see warmer temperatures Saturday, thanks to the same jet stream that elevated the ... the last system that moved in a similar direction. HOW WILL SOUTH FLORIDA BE IMPACTED?

The new map showed arctic air and tropical air coming together with the agency warning of "strong temperature contrast fuelling a very powerful Jet Stream". The Met Office said "Jet Stream winds of up ...