A metasurface can generate strange new beams of light that swirl and corkscrew. The black hole in the center of these vortices can be used to image features smaller than half a wavelength of light ...

It's a term you hear every couple of winters, when we get stuck in the coldest of cold patterns – polar vortex. But what exactly is it?

The largest iceberg in the world is floating freely once again after being trapped in a swirling ocean vortex for several ...

Each vortex is an enormous swirling windstorm in Jupiter's atmosphere–terrifying yet beautiful to behold. The vortices are labeled by color ("white" is most common, then "dark," then "red").