KidsPost Helium isn’t just for balloons. It’s a valuable technology resource. The element -- which is rare on Earth -- is used in rockets, smartphones and medical equipment.

“Liquid helium, the coldest element on Earth, is invaluable for hospitals that use MRI scans to detect cancer, spinal cord injuries and liver diseases,” wrote Becker’s Hospital Review, a ...

By harvesting helium-3, which is rare and limited in supply on Earth, Interlune could help change that calculus by deriving value from resources on the Moon. But many questions about the approach ...

Helium is the second-most common element in the cosmos, but it's far rarer on planet Earth. As part of our celebration of the periodic table's 150th birthday, reporter Geoff Brumfiel shares a ...

Recently, a team of scientists was able to detect metastable helium in the upper atmosphere of an exoplanet. Now we can study planets that are much further away.

Ancient helium that became trapped in Earth’s core when our planet formed billions of years ago may be leaking from lava flows, according to researchers.

An inquest into the 20-year-old’s death has now found Ms. Batistich was “unaware of the inherent dangers of inhaling helium,” and called for warning labels on canisters to be made clearer.

But a fire at the new Russian helium plant and prolonged technical problems at the US Federal Helium Reserve have plunged the market into what some analysts are calling Helium Shortage 4.0.

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft landed uncrewed in a New Mexico desert late on Friday. Sign up here. Past missions have that have been affected by pesky helium leaks include ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 and ...

For a century, the U.S. Government-owned the largest helium reserve in the country, but the biggest exporters now are in Russia, Qatar and Tanzania. With this new discovery, Minnesota could be ...

Laboratory tests in June placed helium concentrations in the reservoir between 8.7% and 14.5%, topping previous maximum estimates of 12.4% and 13.8%.