Helium and water are known to be abundant throughout the universe, particularly in giant planets such as Uranus and Neptune. Although helium is typically unreactive at common atmospheric conditions, ...

An elusive structure involving two water molecules, which had been predicted but never observed, has been isolated by RIKEN chemists. This finding could have implications for a wide range of fields ...

Shortages are in the news again! Here’s why the supply of blood, water and helium are at concerningly low levels.Fact ...

The inner mantles of icy giant planets such as Uranus and Neptune are mainly composed by water, ammonia and methane, while their atmospheres are made of hydrogen and helium. Under high pressures ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured dramatic helium streams pouring off the super-puff exoplanet WASP-107b, revealing a world with an enormously inflated, weakly bound ...

Hydrogen can react with other chemicals, and both it and helium can be lost to space. Venus, Earth, and Mars are thought to have second atmospheres, with their original hydrogen/helium envelopes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. If you start with a mass of hydrogen gas and bring it together under ...

A separation membrane made of a stack of two dimensional layers of graphene oxide will hold back, with near perfection, a whole variety of gases and liquids. The exception is water, which flows freely ...