If you want beautiful fireworks bursting in the sky, you’re going to need to mine the Earth first. Here’s the geology of the minerals that give fireworks their vibrant colours. Fireworks get their ...

There is a lot of science behind the dazzling displays of fireworks you will see tonight! The colors in fireworks come from various metal compounds, mainly metal salts. Now, this is not the salt you ...

Ladies and gentlemen, light your fuses. (SOUNDBITE OF FIREWORKS) WESTERVELT: Fire in the hole. Tonight, as you oooh and awe to brilliant reds and whites and blues bursting in air, you might wonder ...

Fireworks are part of countless celebrations around the world—including United States Independence Day festivities dating back to the very first bash in 1777. But how do those glittering displays ...