Last summer, residents of Narva were stunned by the sight of a large white balloon repeatedly floating near the border ...

Senate Bill 1154, introduced in the Environment Committee on Jan. 24, would ban any lighter-than-air-gas or helium balloons entirely and impose fines for violators.

The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...

Six-year-old Samuel's helium balloon from Ellmau in Tyrol flew all the way to Semriach in Styria. Farmer Richard Krinner found it last fall and contacted the family. Together with his friend ...

A birthday celebration in Hanoi turned tragic when a woman suffered facial burns after a hydrogen balloon exploded in her hands. The balloons caught fire from a birthday cake candle, causing a sudden ...

Researchers from Japan and Taiwan reveal for the first time that helium, usually considered chemically inert, can bond with iron under high pressures. They used a laser-heated diamond anvil cell to ...

"Depending on what type of material they are made out of, they can, once they get into the environment, break up into micro ...