Why Do Microwaves Make Food Explode? Eggs aren’t the only target of microwave explosions—think about popcorn, or the faint sound of leftovers crackling if you stick them in the microwave too long.

It's a common kitchen mishap that's puzzles many of us: Why do eggs explode when heated in the microwave?

WATCH: What's the White Stuff on My Eggs? You can actually hard cook an egg in the microwave without it exploding, but you can’t warm it later.

While eggs can be hard-boiled in the microwave, they explode when reheated due to multiple small pockets of “superheated water” which “spontaneously boil” and explode when opened.

The microwave, though it’s been around for quite some time now, is still a mystery to many of us. It heats things in a fraction of the time, but sometimes it also makes things explode.

Exploding egg in microwave burns woman AN egg has exploded in a microwave, leaving a Queensland woman with burns to her eye.

She advised to “never microwave your hard-boiled eggs” in a viral video, which showed the egg exploding, leaving her with bits of yolk in her tresses.

No question about it: There are few things more satisfying than watching things blow up. In fact, the only think we can think of that's more satisfying than stuff blowing up is stuff blowing up ...