The price of helium shot up six years ago and more than a dozen wildcatters — risk-taking prospectors who drill exploratory wells — headed to northeastern Arizona with the hope of striking it rich.

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Two NASA astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner will stay on the International Space Station for months because of a faulty propulsion system whose problems included helium leaks.

Employees from the Messer helium plant in Otis, Kansas, haul helium cross-country every year for the iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Global helium demand is expected to nearly double by 2035. The semiconductor industry is projected to increase its helium use fivefold in the next decade. Helium is primarily obtained as a byproduct ...

Otis, Kansas, is almost smack-dab in the middle of the Sunflower State, a community of about 280 people named after the son of the man who founded the town in 1886. It has a farmers coop, post office, ...