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1. • • The fuse used to light the tiny rocket is made of very fine gunpowder, which allows the wick to burn at a very controlled rate. This gives whoever lit the firework some time to get out of the way. The burning fuse then lights much larger granulations of gunpowder at the bottom of the firework. That explosion carries the rocket into the sky.
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   Can space-enabled fireworks explode?

   • Unless your fireworks were specially designed for bursting in space, their colors would quickly fizzle out. “There may be some color in the initial explosion,” says Bossmann, “but it wouldn’t be half as spectacular as what you see on the Fourth of July.” Even with space-enabled fireworks, a burst wouldn’t have any thunder.

   FYI: What Would Happen If You Shot Off Fireworks In Space

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   What's causing these puffs of smoke & sparks in NASA's Hubble Space Telescope?

   • Resembling the puffs of smoke and sparks from a summer fireworks display in this image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, these delicate filaments are actually sheets of debris from a stellar explosion in a neighboring galaxy.

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   What causes a firework to detonate?

   • Because the firework is encased within a launch tube, the acceleration is always in the desired direction: upward. The lift charge, during the process of combustion, ignites the main fuse, which will cause the firework to detonate when it reaches the black powder inside.

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   What would happen if fireworks didn't have oxygen?

   • Without additional oxygen provided by Earth's atmosphere, fireworks wouldn't behave the same way as they do on Earth.

   Here's what would happen if you lit a firework in space

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   What are these puffs of smoke & sparks from a stellar explosion?

   • Acknowledgment: Y.-H. Chu (UIUC), S. Kulkarni (Caltech) and, R. Rothschild (UCSD) View all images Resembling the puffs of smoke and sparks from a summer fireworks display in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, these delicate filaments are actually sheets of debris from a stellar explosion in a neighboring galaxy.

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   Why does a fire flicker in space?

   • This convection process feeds fresh oxygen to the fire, which burns until it runs out of fuel. The upward flow of air is what gives a flame its teardrop shape and causes it to flicker. But odd things happen in space, where gravity loses its grip on solids, liquids and gases. Without gravity, hot air expands but doesn’t move upward.

   In Space, Flames Behave in Ways Nobody Thought Possible

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3. www.sciencefocus.com › space › fireworks-in-spaceHere's what would happen if you lit a firework in space

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   On Earth, fireworks reach a limited height due to air resistance and the effects of gravity. In space, however, they would move much faster and further. On the Moon, for example, a rocket could travel six times as high as on Earth.

4. science.nasa.gov › missions › webbNASA’s Webb Captures Celestial Fireworks Around Forming Star

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   Jul 2, 2024 · The cosmos seems to come alive with a crackling explosion of pyrotechnics in this new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Taken with Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), this fiery hourglass marks the scene of a very young object in the process of becoming a star.

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   Jul 3, 2013 · The reaction that imparts a rocket’s metals and metal salts with enough energy to change pretty colors requires oxygen. Unless your fireworks were specially designed for bursting in space, their...

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   Mar 24, 2023 · Fireworks would emit almost no color or sound in outer space. Vladi333/Shutterstock. However, if you are hoping for a spectacular fireworks show in outer space, set against the backdrop of the solar system, you are unfortunately likely to be disappointed.

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   Jul 4, 2024 · The start of any firework is the launch aspect: the initial explosion that causes the lift. Ever since fireworks were first invented more than a millennium ago, the same three simple ingredients...

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9. science.nasa.gov › hubble › nasa-celestial-fireworksNASA – Celestial Fireworks - Science@NASA

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   Nov 30, 2007 · Resembling the puffs of smoke and sparks from a summer fireworks display in this image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, these delicate filaments are actually sheets of debris from a stellar explosion in a neighboring galaxy.

10. www.smithsonianmag.com › science-nature › in-spaceIn Space, Flames Behave in Ways Nobody Thought Possible

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    The flame persists because of the diffusion of oxygen, with random oxygen molecules drifting into the fire. Absent the upward flow of hot air, fires in microgravity are dome-shaped or...