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Photograph of Plasma showing the bluish glow due to the presence of oxygen and nitrogen.

How St. Elmo’s Fire Works?

If you have ever voyaged across the sea or flown through a thunderstorm, you might have seen a bluish glow that closely resembles a sustained spark. It’s a phenomenon called as St. Elmo’s fire. The...

Highway inferior mirages on a hot summer road.

Why Do We See Mirages?

For the people who are reading the word ‘mirages’ for the first time, a mirage is that illusion of mirror you see on a hot summer road. We are going to explore the science behind this...

Can Water Explode?

I hope you remember the article where we tried to figure out what would happen if we expose water to vacuum. While pondering upon the awesomeness of the vacuum, I remember discussing a fun experiment...