How many vortices form and their configuration as they move toward the poles changes with the strength of the solar cycle.

Quantum vortices confirm superfluidity in supersolid Date: November 7, 2024 Source: University of Innsbruck Summary: Supersolids are a new form of quantum matter that has only recently been ...

When tiny whirlpools called vortices form in a fluid, they can make loops that can then be knotted like a loop of string. But while a string can form knots that won’t unravel without the help of ...

This video shows how NASA studied wingtip vortices using a C-5A Galaxy about 50 years ago. Although they dissipate at a certain distance from the wing, wingtip vortices, that form because of the ...

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch-and lift has costs. One of them is wingtip vortices. If you're the only airplane on the planet, you have nothing to worry about. Here, you're ...

Vortices are ubiquitous in nature: Whirling up water can create swirls. When the atmosphere is stirred up, huge tornadoes can form.

Thanks to measurements by ESA’s Cluster mission, a team of European scientists have identified ‘micro’-vortices in Earth’s magnetosphere. Such small-scale vortex turbulence, whose ...

According to the team's computer models, polar vortices form at around 55 degrees latitude and move poleward. The magnetic field at the sun's poles and the ring of vortices have opposite polarity.

A striking 2015 satellite image has captured a rare meteorological phenomenon known as von Kármán vortices swirling off several islands in the Atlantic Ocean. These swirling cloud patterns were ...

Von Karman vortices form when fast-moving winds encounter an obstacle, such as an island or mountain, disrupting airflow and creating alternating spinning eddies on either side.