Space Exploration Satellites Watch the Polar Vortex Cast Its Chill Over North America in This Satellite's-Eye View News By Meghan Bartels published February 1, 2019 ...

MILWAUKEE -- It's a view of Mother Nature's fury during a polar vortex that you can only see from space -- and it's spectacular. A NOAA GOES satellite captured the image below -- showing lake ...

NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured this photo of the polar vortex over the Northern United States on Jan. 6, 2014, at 11:01 a.m. EST (1601 GMT).(Image credit: NOAA/NASA GOES Project) ...

You don't have to live in the U.S. Midwest to have heard about the polar vortex, but if you do you've no doubt felt its effects. Frigid temperatures are swallowing up many states thanks to a mass ...

The weather pattern that’s most at home over — you guessed it — Earth’s polar regions has started pushing south, and is bringing plenty of frigid Arctic temperatures and snow along with it.

When the polar vortex is strong, cold air is less likely to plunge deep into North America or Europe. Picture this strong vortex fencing off the coldest air from the U.S. and Europe.

What we call the polar vortex -- a spin in the atmosphere -- can't actually be felt in the U.S. or anywhere on Earth. It doesnâ t ice over too often ...

A frigid look at the United States in the midst of this week's polar vortex, as seen by a NOAA satellite on Jan. 30. (Image credit: NOAA) ...

NASA has captured what the -40 degrees Fahrenheit weather looks like from its Aqua heat-mapping satellite — and it looks sort of frightening.