Most of us have seen helium balloons gently float into the sky, whether by accident or intentional release. Watching a balloon disappear into the clouds can feel almost tranquil. But what goes up must ...

Michael Corcoran, a former captain for the Clinton Police Department Marine Control and avid fisherman, said that he often comes across floating debris in his boat from helium balloons that drift far ...

Balloons drift into the night sky after mourners released them at the conclusion of a vigil memorializing five students from Smithfield-Selma High School in January 2024. While balloon releases can be ...

Hospital supply chain leaders are concerned that the nation’s sale of its helium stockpile could worsen an existing supply shortage, NBC News reported Jan. 25. Helium is the coldest element on Earth ...

Nearly 4,000 households lost power in Southern California this week. The culprit? A shiny balloon, utility officials say. "We have thousands of these outages every year — it's a big problem," a ...

Earlier this month, an enormous Chinese surveillance balloon grabbed headlines and sparked speculation as it drifted across the U.S. Pentagon officials would eventually (and quite dramatically, we ...

CUMBERLAND, Md. — It's a chilly March morning, and Mary Bowden is standing in the parking lot of a local community college. Bowden is a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Maryland ...

Detectives, chasing down what looked like a murder along a lonely stretch of New Mexico highway, shifted gears when evidence pointed them in an unexpected direction and revealed the death wasn't at ...