If you've noticed your flights feeling bumpier, you're not alone. Scientists say that increased turbulence is becoming more frequent—and it has a lot to do with our changing climate. Turbulence occurs ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Are you flying this holiday season? Understanding turbulence can help you be a bit calmer on your flight. Tawana Andrew explains in the latest "Science Behind the Forecast." Bill Burton: It's time for ...