Casting a swirling shadow, a glowing candle flame sways eerily before flaring up once more. As ghostly as it looks, this flame dance is not the result of any force—paranormal or otherwise—but rather ...

Fire acts differently in space than on Earth. Sandra Olson, an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, demonstrates just how differently in her art. This artwork is comprised of multiple ...

The candle experiment would likely be impossible on the International Space Station, which has strict rules regarding flammable materials and open flames. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Since 2000, wildfires have destroyed an average of seven million acres each year. And with rising global temperatures from climate change, the threat is growing exponentially. Researchers at labs and ...

Gravity is a bully it pushes particles around so much on Earth that we rarely see their true nature. This is a feeling now ...

A tragic high-rise fire inspired breakthrough research leveraging the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory to reveal startling insights into the behavior of flames in confined spaces.

Chinese astronauts lit a match while filming a lecture aboard the Tiangong Space Station, creating a spherical open flame that would be forbidden aboard the ISS. China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts ...

The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place on Nov. 8, 2021. A tragic high-rise fire inspired breakthrough ...