Since 2000, wildfires have destroyed an average of seven million acres each year. And with rising global temperatures from climate change, the threat is growing exponentially. Researchers at labs and ...

An Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship was released from the International Space Station early Tuesday, clearing the way for an on-board experiment to set off a relatively large fire inside the spacecraft ...

Don't panic, it's on purpose. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A fiery experiment deliberately lit in a cargo spacecraft last ...

Understanding how fire spreads in a microgravity environment is critical to the safety of astronauts who live and work in space. And while NASA has conducted studies aboard the space shuttle and ...

NASA has officially bid adieu to its Spacecraft Fire Safety Experiment (Saffire), fittingly having the last one burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere following six successful missions involving controlled ...

An outdoor science experiment involving fire at a Texas Presbyterian preschool went terribly wrong Tuesday, injuring 12 students - six of whom were transported to a local hospital with burns. Just ...

A private cargo ship left the International Space Station today (June 14) and will soon host the biggest fire-in-space experiment ever conducted. The robotic Cygnus spacecraft, which was built by ...

Improving fire-fighting techniques in space and getting a better understanding of fuel combustion here on Earth are the focus of a series of experiments on the International Space Station, led by a ...