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Helium balloons add instant magic to any outdoor celebration whether it's a birthday, wedding, or corporate gathering. Their bright colors and floating elegance can transform an ordinary space into a ...

Astronomers have discovered a distant planet with an abundance of helium in its atmosphere, which has swollen to resemble an inflated balloon. An international team of researchers, including Jessica ...

Before Snoopy and his new friends can strut the streets of New York City and a Santa Claus actor can distribute carbon-rich coal (and, more optimistically, presents), the Macy's Thanksgiving Day ...

Balloons like the massive ones that adorn the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade every year may be one of the most well-known uses of helium, but they’re far from the only one. The natural gas byproduct ...

COSTA MESA (AP) — When he was just a high school kid hawking balloons with Mickey Mouse's picture on them, Treb Heining never imagined that his affection for those little helium-filled orbs would blow ...

As officials prepare to inflate balloons for the 93rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, something else is rising, too: the cost of helium. Last year, each balloon required between 300,000 and 700 ...

Millions of spectators are expected to line the streets of New York on Thursday, as high-flying balloons — such as Bluey, the Australian cattle pup, and Stuart, the one-eyed Minion — help usher in the ...

We all miss one or two life lessons. Some people, like Lifehacker reader izzysanime, never learned how to blow up a balloon. It’s actually kind of tricky until you learn it! So we’ll teach you.