Douglas Pass, north of Grand Junction, Colorado, where a potential helium extraction site has been identified by the Bureau of Land Management. Credit: Luna Anna Archey/High Country News with support ...

Helium-3 is expensive and demand is forecast to soar, so some are planning to mine it on the moon.

Helium isn’t something most people think about, unless you’re in a lab, running an MRI, building chips, or inhaling it for that squeaky balloon voice. But what if the world suddenly runs out of this ...

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In October, the Bureau of Land Management finalized a new resource management ...