While jet streams are air patterns, the Gulf Stream is an ocean pattern that also has an impact on weather.

As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...

A strong, stable vortex is like a skater spinning with their arms tucked closely in, holding in an area of cold air over the Arctic. But when there’s a wobble in the rotation, winds in the vortex can ...

The Invisible Ropes of the Sky Jet streams are essentially fast-flowing air currents high above us, acting much like highways ...

Discover the fastest jet-stream winds on exoplanet WASP-127b, reaching 33,000 km per hour, driven by intense stellar radiation.

“The jet stream is a fast flowing, narrow current of air high up in the Earth's atmosphere,” said Knox. “Typically going from west to east, and formed at the boundary between significantly ...

Astronomers aimed the Very Large Telescope in Chile at a nearby exoplanet and discovered jet stream winds blowing nearly 80 times faster than any seen here on Earth, and the fastest of their kind ever ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) per hour, but they are not the ...

WASHINGTON — In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles per hour, but they are not the strongest in our solar system.