The jet’s flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet (99 meters), plus or minus 25 feet (7.6 meters). Earlier in the day, crews working in choppy conditions raised a number of large pieces ...

The jet stream plays a crucial role in shaping global weather patterns, affecting everything from hurricanes to heatwaves.

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) per hour, but they are not the strongest in our solar system. The ...

The fastest recorded ground speed reached by a transatlantic flight was 835mph, which was hit by a commercial aircraft going from New York to Lisbon last February. Although such a speed is officially ...

“Whether or not climate change is affecting the jet stream has changed over time,” said Pam Knox, agricultural climatologist with the extension office at the University of Georgia. “There's ...

The comparable high-altitude winds on Neptune reach about 1,200 miles (2,000 km) per hour. Those, however, are a mere breeze compared to the jet-stream winds on a planet called WASP-127b.