When most of us think "fireworks," we think of brilliant bursts of light and color we've seen paint a night sky. But such bursts are merely the spectacular end of fireworks that likely took ...

Not all colors of fireworks are equally easy to create ... So when you see blue-colored dots of light creating a pattern in the night sky, you really are seeing excited electrons releasing ...

Over a single night, Angel An and Shuchang Dong recorded over 100 red sprites, bursts of brilliantly colorful electrical discharges known for both their color and ethereal patterns. Rarely seen ...

The night sky over Tokyo was a blaze of color as the capital held its first fireworks display in three years on Aug. 20. Organizers said 12,000 pyrotechnics were used for the annual Jingu Gaien ...

OSAKA--Huge crowds gathered for one of the most spectacular summer events of the Kansai region, the Naniwa Yodogawa Fireworks Festival, that was held here Aug. 27 after a two-year hiatus due to ...

What causes the kaleidoscope of colours, patterns and shapes ... how these celestial fireworks form and why they dance in a whole pallet of colours across the night sky. He seeks to find out ...