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 ...

In the earliest days of the United States, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail about the celebration of independence, “It ...

Scientists were able to detect traces of an element commonly used in fireworks in the aftermath left by the collision of two stars. According to the scientists, their discovery could shed new light on ...

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 ...