Ukraine claimed a strike on a key helium plant in Russia amid intensified attacks on energy infrastructure this month.

China has developed a device capable of producing ultra high purity helium exceeding 99.9999 percent, marking a breakthrough ...

“It’s more than three times the rate recorded in April, under similar pressure conditions. And those results in April were ...

Dollar Tree is taking Cincinnati Insurance to federal court, claiming the insurer left it in the lurch after a helium tank ...

During the total solar eclipse of Aug. 18, 1868, two astronomers, Pierre Jules César Janssen of France and J. Norman Lockyer ...

Helium is non-renewable and at current consumption rates, it has been estimated that the supply will last another 200 years. “Some of us are urging recycling of helium,” Hayes says.

Helium fusion can occur in stars with more than about 0.4 solar masses (420 Jupiter masses). Less than that and our ball of helium would never get hot enough to fuse.

Balloons just got real An element of the periodic table, helium is what chemists call an inert gas. Helium has an atomic number of 2. It's nontoxic, nonflammable, and is used in several industries ...

But helium is too light to exist on Earth for long. Once it reaches the surface in its gaseous phase -- once it comes out of the rock and makes it into the atmosphere -- it's only a matter of time ...

Helium, like hydrogen, is lighter than air but unlike hydrogen it is inert, so there is little risk of an explosion. This makes the gas perfect for inflating balloons, whether for weather devices ...

Another federal helium reserve, the dome contains largely nitrogen and about 1.4% helium. Though the concentration is lower, the Woodside reserve actually contains more helium overall, Sears says.