A woman in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, saw a strange, wavy cloud in the sky on Feb. 22, 2025, and took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to crowdsource an answer. "Does anyone know what is happening here ...
The swirling patterns in Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” can help us visualize quantum Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI). The central spiral and surrounding stars and moon resemble the vortices ...
WHIDBEY ISLAND STATION, Wash. — Residents of and near Whidbey Island witnessed a weather phenomenon on Tuesday as "wave clouds" lined the horizon. Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds or fluctus clouds, as the ...
Quantum turbulence The swirling patterns in Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” can help us visualize the quantum Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI). The central spiral and surrounding stars and ...
MISSOULA, Mont. — Surf's up -- but we’re not talking about water. Think breaking waves in the sky. Recently, Linda Schuff shared a photo with us through Chime In of a unique and puzzling cloud ...
Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" has stirred the souls of art lovers for over a century. Now, its swirling skies may also speak to physicists, as it echoes the patterns of quantum turbulence. Physicists ...