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) ...

Scientists are scrambling to understand how climate change may be interfering with the winds that carry our weather, with ...

At least two flights briefly traveled faster than the speed of sound as the jet stream sped up, but there would not have been ...

An unusually strong jet stream over the Atlantic bringing Storm Eowyn to the UK and Ireland is so powerful it pushed a flight ...

An unusually strong jet stream pushed the British Airways flight to 814 miles per hour nearly breaking the subsonic speed ...

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

How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S. Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The jet stream is a key atmospheric phenomenon that plays a crucial role in shaping day-to-day weather patterns. These fast-moving winds, typically located around 30,000 feet ...

BASICALLY, ALL JANUARY LONG HAS BEEN FOR THESE SHOTS OF COLD AIR TO COME IN OUT OF SOUTHERN CANADA, AND THAT HAS KEPT THE JET STREAM WELL TO OUR SOUTH. IT’S KEEPING THE STORMS AT BAY AS WELL.

The Met Office has issued an urgent warning as a powerful jet stream is set to surge across the North Atlantic this week, bringing some of the strongest winds of the winter season to the UK.

It was a week of fire and ice. It began with millions of people across the U.S. shivering amid blizzard conditions and frigid ...