Researchers from the University of Greifswald and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg (both in ...

It is this stretching and squeezing of the rising rotating column of air that scientists believe leads to the development of tornadoes, but the exact mechanism is still not fully understood. This ...

Why has the current tornado season been so active? By mid-May the U.S. has had an estimated 886 tornadoes. “We’re on the upper end of what is typical” at this point, Thompson says.

Attempting to model astronomical systems can often involve supercomputers, but scientists have also looked for alternative analogue systems to model the astronomical systems they are studying. This ...

Why has the current tornado season been so active? By mid-May the U.S. has had an estimated 886 tornadoes. “We’re on the upper end of what is typical” at this point, Thompson says.

R esearchers have developed a simple laboratory model using a water tornado to simulate the dynamics of gas and dust in ...

The last confirmed tornado in Wexford County occurred on July 18, 2010; in Osceola County, the last one occurred on June 8, ...

Today on CNN 10, we get an update on severe storms that devastated parts of the US and then learn the difference between a tornado watch and warning. We'll also find out how engineers are planning ...