In general, solids and liquids do not burn as a flame—not paper, not even gasoline. What does burn, however, are the vapors that emanate from solids and liquids. With a lighted candle, melted wax ...

Casting a swirling shadow, a glowing candle flame sways eerily before flaring up once more. As ghostly as it looks, this ...

1. Ask the adult you are working with to light the candle. 2. Watch the candle flame start out small and get bigger. Notice how some of the wax near the wick melts. 3. As the flame burns, the wax from ...

NASA’s Saffire-I experiment aims to study flame behavior in microgravity NASA’s Saffire-I experiment aims to study flame behavior in microgravity Earlier this week, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo capsule, ...

In general, solids and liquids do not burn as a flame—not paper, not even gasoline. What does burn, however, are the vapors that emanate from solids and liquids. With a lighted candle, melted wax ...