A professional-grade firework shell consists of three main components: the container, a cardboard tube or sphere ranging in size from a baseball to a basketball, a bursting charge that explodes the ...

As you ooh and aah at the dazzling explosions of a fireworks display, there are three things going on that you probably wouldn’t guess: The chemists who made those pyrotechnics designed most of them ...

Different types of chemicals packed inside fireworks are responsible for the variety of colors. Photo via Wikimedia Commons/Kurume-Shimin Fireworks, a centuries-old technology, are an iconic symbol of ...