by Kathi Leiden | Nov 3, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science
Could leaking helium be the warning system we’ve been searching for when it comes to predicting volcanic activity? Led by professor Yuji Sano, group of researchers from the University of Tokyo studied the hot springs surrounding Japan’s Mount Ontake prior...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 30, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science, Helium Uses
We may have just found water on Mars, but will that be the planet we go to? NASA has wild plans for exploring Venus using a manned helium airship. Closer, warmer neighbor Our nearest neighbor, Venus, is about 25 million miles away from Earth compared to Mars at 34...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 11, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science, Helium Uses
Imagine, something the size of a pea worth $5 million. That’s the value of helium-3 and while it’s rare on Earth, the moon is full of it. Why do you care? Need regular helium gas? Just mine our warehouses! Get a free Zephyr helium quote here. What is...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 8, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
By smashing together gold and helium-3 ions, a particle collider has created tiny droplets of the same primordial soup formed at the Big Bang. What is this primordial goo? It’s the state of matter that existed at the very birth of the universe, nearly...
by Kathi Leiden | Aug 26, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
It’s been suspected over 40 years, but thanks to NASA’s LADEE mission, we finally have confirmation of neon and helium in the moon’s atmosphere. NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE, pronounced “laddie”) launched out of...
