As shells are shot out of cannons across the country, millions of pounds of fireworks will be blown open into the sky tonight. But just what's behind those rockets' red glares, what's inside those ...

(CNN) — Two years ago astronomers for the first time observed the collision of two neutron stars, which created gravitational waves and light and created heavy elements such as gold, platinum and lead ...

In a chemical engineering lab at Carnegie Mellon University, Matt Cline and William Alba stand in front of three rectangular packets made of tinfoil. An arm’s length away from the range hood, they use ...

On July 4, New Year’s Day, or any other time there are fireworks, there is science at work. That was part of Julia Lizik’s message Saturday, in a discussion of the geology and other scientific details ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - One of the questions that comes up every year after the Western & Southern/WEBN Fireworks is: how do they do that? When each element burns, it creates a different color, which is ...

Two years ago astronomers for the first time observed the collision of two neutron stars, which created gravitational waves and light and created heavy elements such as gold, platinum and lead. These ...