1000 mph Supersonic Car: 12 Miles in Two Minutes The Bloodhound SSC is a supersonic car built in the UK by a team of Formula 1 and aerospace experts. This image shows members of the build team as they load the upper chassis into the giant autoclave at the National Composites Centre. This is a […]

Is a flame really a plasma? Well it depends on your definition of plasma, but there are certainly ions in a flame, formed as molecules collide with each other at high speed, sometimes knocking electrons off of their atoms. Special thanks to the Palais de la Decouverte for helping perform this experiment. Using tens of […]