Buoyant, helium-filled balloons have long been a given at kids’ birthday parties, other celebratory events and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parades. But helium balloons may be an endangered species. The ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The sun produces about 600 million metric tons of helium each second, but the supply on Earth is not a renewable resource. According to The Associated Press, the cost of helium ...

You might have read last year about a potentially significant deposit of helium found underground near Babbitt in northern Minnesota. That part of the state has long been known as a source for ...

A global helium shortage is proving to be the ultimate party pooper. Party City, the New Jersey-based party supply company, announced Thursday it will shutter around 45 stores in locations throughout ...

What Ari means is the cost of blowing up has blown up. SHAPIRO: OK. No more puns. What we're saying is there is a helium shortage. PFEIFFER: Which you may have noticed if you've thrown a party ...

When it comes to the global helium supply this year, "everything that could go wrong has gone wrong," says one analyst. That affects everything from birthday balloons to superconducting magnets. What ...