Astrophysicists have made a significant step toward solving the last puzzle in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence theory by observing the weak to strong transition in the space plasma turbulence ...

This is your captain speaking: When thunderstorms are in the forecast, you may need to buckle those seatbelts a lot sooner than you’re used to. By Katherine Kornei Rattled nerves and spilled drinks ...

A type of invisible, unpredictable air turbulence is expected to occur more frequently in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, according to new research. Known as clear air turbulence, the ...

Pilot Omar Morsi checks controls in the cockpit of a United Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey - Copyright AFP ...

Climate change is expected to produce more turbulence for aircraft, increasing the risk of passenger injury and the cost of flights, a new study says. According to the study published Friday in ...

Researchers at Tohoku University and Utsunomiya University have made a breakthrough in understanding the complex nature of turbulence in structures called accretion disks surrounding black holes, ...

Making science for people is a series that explores how humanities, arts and social sciences expertise is applied to problems typically corralled into the science and technology space. The first piece ...

Turbulence is an area of fluid dynamics that has been known about and researched for over a century. Most of us are broadly aware of it as a concept from our travels in the air, wherein it can at best ...

The skies can be clear, blue, and tranquil. "And all of a sudden, boom, you hit it," Dan Bubb, a former airline pilot and now an aviation historian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, told ...

Sandia National Laboratories have made a first in hypersonic modeling. They have characterized the vibrational effect of the pressure field beneath one of these tiny hypersonic turbulent spots. “The ...

From chaotic swirls in teacups to sudden jolts mid-flight, turbulence is a universal fluid phenomenon with real-world consequences. New research is uncovering how large-scale flow patterns can reveal ...

Photo by WTL via Flickr. No frequent flyer is a stranger to turbulence. But what causes it, and how dangerous is it? Turbulence is the random, chaotic motion of air, caused by changes in air currents.