A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum ...

Helium-3 (He-3) on the moon's surface has drawn attention for decades. In 1939, a paper first noted the presence of Helium-3 ...

New connections discovered between the Sun's photosphere and CI chondrites meteorites, providing clues about the origin of materials.

Primordial helium from the beginning of the solar system may be stuck inside Earth's solid core, new research suggests. The findings could have implications for a long-standing debate about how ...

Neutrinos generated through solar fusion reactions travel effortlessly through the sun's dense core. Each specific fusion ...

In the US in 2024, wind and solar accounted for 17% of total electricity generation, surpassing coal, which fell to a record low of 15%.

The sun is constantly churning and chugging away, converting hydrogen into helium through nuclear fusion ... traveling ...

Light gases like helium hung around in the gas-and-dust nebula that formed the solar system for only a few million years. "It's very much debated how long it took the Earth to form," Olson said.

helium-3 comes almost entirely from the initial cloud of dust and gas that formed the solar system. This primordial element was already known to exist inside Earth. Each year, about 4.4 pounds (2 ...