What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

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The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a ...

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A joyous crowd in St Peter's Square cheered and applauded as the first puffs of smoke emerged from a small chimney on the ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signalling that cardinals locked inside have elected ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. That means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals ...

The Vatican News, the official communications outlet of the Vatican, posted on X on Wednesday that all nonessential personnel had left the Sistine Chapel so the cardinals could vote in private. The ...

A cloud of white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling the election of a new pope and ...