While they were embedded in a 260-mph jet stream, they weren’t cruising through the surrounding air any faster — the air was moving with them. Their ground speed was extra fast, though.

For a sense of just how fast that is, according to the World Meteorological ... The Guinness Book of World Records lists the fastest jet stream wind on Earth at 416.5 km/h, recorded by a weather ...

Commercial flights bound for Europe have been taking off late from the States but arriving on time or early, thanks to a more powerful jet stream, strengthened by the arctic air mass that settled ...

The polar dance that caused snow to fall across the South in January has been studied for decades, but scientists still hope ...

It isn't the return of Concorde — instead, regular wide-body jets were flying through an accelerated jet stream. According to data from Flightradar24, Qatar Airways Flight 704 reached a top ...

While they were embedded in a 260-mph jet stream, they weren’t cruising through the surrounding air any faster – the air was moving with them. Their ground speed was extra fast, though.

WASHINGTON — In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles per hour, but they are not the strongest in our solar system.

After a record-breaking Gulf Coast storm, cities like New Orleans and Pensacola, Florida, have had more snow this winter than Omaha, Des Moines and New York.

One of the most devastating (and hardest to mitigate) effects of climate change for the Northern Hemisphere is the slowing of ...

Powerful jet stream winds over the Atlantic Ocean have slashed journey times between the US and Britain by 45 minutes and are on course to smash flight records. British Airways flight BA274 from ...