The novelty glass has enchanted collectors for centuries even though—or maybe because?—it's radioactive.

When Sarah Cooper goes secondhand shopping, she brings a little blacklight with her and shines it on everything—candlesticks, vases, dishware. If it starts glowing, often a Ghostbusters hue of neon ...

There’s something undeniably magical about uranium glass. Its soft green hue and eerie glow under blacklight toe the line between elegant and eccentric — and that’s exactly the appeal. In the world of ...

While roaming my favorite antique store outside Atlanta recently, I heard a “click click” sound and turned around to see a woman shining a black-light flashlight on a green plate. A few minutes later, ...

Sarah O’Konski, a chemistry undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, has been collecting uranium glass since her first year of college, when she saw a video on social media about how ...

While roaming my favorite antique store outside Atlanta recently, I heard a “click click” sound and turned around to see a woman shining a black-light flashlight on a green plate. A few minutes later, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Halloween is the busy season for Whitney Granger’s glow-in-the-dark jewelry business. But we’re not talking about the cheap, plastic glow-stick-type of goods ...

"For this reason, the exhibit's focus is determined by the parameters of what we have in the collection," she explains. "Examples of different types of glassware ranging from the 1870s through the ...

Uranium glass and railroad items at Bootleg Antiques in Columbia have been popular items for shoppers to pick up in the last several months. A Geiger counter will click if you point them at the glass, ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Hey y’all, Courtney Linder here, deputy editor at Pop Mech. If you grew up in the 80s ...