Jody Potter certainly has had an up and down year. The 59-year-old Potter, who works in Mifflintown as a dental hygienist, ...

Thanks to A.I., companies like WindBorne hope to usher in a golden age of forecasting. But they rely in part on government ...

In 2009, a Colorado family falsely claimed their young son floated away in a homemade balloon. The boy later deflated the ...

Releasing helium-filled balloons in celebration, remembrance or promotion has become trendy over the past four decades. It’s ...

Balloon Boy is set to revisit one of the most bizarre media spectacles ever. Here’s when it drops and why the drama still ...

The helium market, valued at $3.36 billion in 2025, is set to grow at a 3.05% CAGR, reaching $3.90 billion by 2030. This ...

Interlune provided a triple-barreled update on its progress toward mining helium-3 on the moon and returning that resource to Earth.

Now, a new breed of MRI machines that require significantly less helium are emerging. Many of these low-helium units need as little as one litre of helium to operate, sealing it in a closed system.

The helium shortage is potentially deflating for a range of purposes: airbags, rocket fuel, MRIs, fiber optics, semiconductors, and, yes, balloons.

The Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico is throwing out plumes of smoke and ash, an eruption that threatens the one million inhabitants of the towns and villages nearby. Mexico City, the world’s third ...

But a gas? One that’s known to most of us for lighter-than-air party balloons? In fact, helium is one of the world’s most commercially important elements.