Radar is quite spectacular in telling us exactly where rain is falling by pinging precipitation with radio waves! Our weather radar can determine more than just a storm’s location, but its movement as ...

Light is the fastest-moving thing in the universe. So what would happen if the speed of light were much, much slower? In a vacuum, the speed of light is about 186,000 miles per second (300,000 ...

Since 1988, this meteorological breakthrough has nearly doubled tornado warning times, giving communities crucial minutes to ...

Despite persistent rumors to the contrary, I did not invent Doppler. Christian Doppler (1803-1853) was the first person to describe how the relative motion of a source and detector affects the ...