A new animation using data from ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft shows that the double eye of the giant vortex at Venus’s South pole has disappeared. Results of a study that shows the complex, variable ...

It may sound unbelievable, but new research suggests that instead of being featureless, dark matter could actually behave like a cosmic superfluid, forming swirling vortex lines and stable rotating ...

A breakthrough in the control of a type of particle known as the polariton has created a highly specialised form of rotation. A breakthrough in the control of a type of particle known as the polariton ...

French researchers develop sophisticated mathematical model to study the behavior of earthly vortices, like hurricanes and ocean currents What do smoke rings, tornadoes and the Great Red Spot of ...

What do smoke rings, tornadoes and the Great Red Spot of Jupiter have in common? They are all examples of vortices, regions within a fluid (liquid, gas or plasma) where the flow spins around an ...

An optical illusion is a visual phenomenon where our perception of thinking about an image differs from objective reality. This image is seen as a motion or spiral optical illusion (specifically a ...

A new animation using data from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Venus Express spacecraft shows that the double eye of the giant vortex at Venus’ south pole has disappeared. Orbiting around Venus ...