The colors of a flame are caused by bits of wax molecules that didn’t get completely reacted. These glow a certain color when they get to be a certain temperature. Since different parts of the flame ...

Why do you think blowing on a candle flame makes it go out? Since there is a flame in this experiment, be sure that a teacher, parent, or other adult works with you. Wear goggles when doing this ...

Both would sustain a flame quite well. We think this small experiment is interesting, in that the results are kind of counter-intuitive. All these different fuels are used in different ...

The series of experiments has been going since 2016 in order to understand how fire behaves in microgravity. Saffire is also designed to study how different materials propagate flames in space ...