For many people around the world, the very first moments of the new year will be filled with the sounds and colorful light shows of fireworks. From loud bangs to long whistles, bright reds to pale ...

Remember remember the fifth of November… that's today, and once again people will gather across the capital to watch fireworks displays in celebration of Bonfire Night. But while we stand around and ...

Every year people celebrate events like Bonfire Night, Diwali, Lunar New Year and New Year's Eve with colourful firework displays. Fireworks have been around for thousands of years and come in all ...

As you gear up to watch fireworks this Fourth of July, you might wonder: How exactly do fireworks work? How is it that there are fabulous, colorful explosions in the sky that come in different shapes ...

Occasions like Bonfire Night, New Years Eve, Diwali and the Fourth of July weekend are marked by fireworks displays every year. But the flare and skill of fireworks today wouldn't exist, without some ...

On the Fourth of July, dazzling fireworks can take on something of a magical air. They explode, creating bright flashes in multiple colours. They form the shapes of hearts, of stars, of smiling faces.

Metal salts are packed into a firework as pea to plum sized pellets called stars. After a firework is ignited, a lift charge propels the firework into the sky while a fuse slowly burns into the ...