Helium has shown itself thus far as refractory as argon to all chemical combination, and so great an uncertainty reigns over the position to be attributed to it that I pass by the hypotheses that ...

Population III (PopIII) stars represent astronomy's ultimate prize: the first generation of stars born from the pristine hydrogen and helium created in the Big Bang. These theoretical giants, ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

Helium is used for party balloons because it is lighter than air. The first 94 chemical elements, up to plutonium, occur naturally on Earth and elsewhere in the universe.

Helium is one of the least reactive elements on the periodic table. Like the other noble gases, helium doesn’t gain or lose electrons easily and so does not normally form chemical compounds.

Chemical atomicity is governed by distance from the central point of neutrality; mon- atomic elements being one remove from it, diatomic elements two removes, and so on.

A recent college grad used a technique called data sonification to convert the visible light given off by the elements into audio, creating unique, complex sounds for each one.

Heavier elements, one atom at a time In 1955, mendelevium (101) was formed by bombardment of einsteinium-253 with a beam of helium-4 ions (alpha particles). The successful identification of ...

Helium is crucial to all kinds of technologies, including MRI scanners and semiconductors. But it’s produced in only a few places.

But, helium isn't the only chemical element being forged in the sun. When and where do stars forge heavier elements? How does nuclear fusion forge the chemical elements?

Liquid helium, the coldest element on Earth, is needed to keep the magnets in MRI machines running. Without it, doctors would lose a critical medical tool.