Interlune provided a triple-barreled update on its progress toward mining helium-3 on the moon and returning that resource to ...

This isotope is found at a ratio of about one per 2,500 helium-4 ions ... is scarce in our solar system — found at a ratio of about one 3 He ion per 2,500 4 He ions," Radoslav Bucik, lead ...

Seattle-based Interlune has won two contracts to sell thousands of liters of helium-3 excavated from the Moon’s surface and ...

While intriguing, the practical and economic feasibility of extracting, processing, and transporting helium-3 from the Moon ...

However, helium-3 isn’t so rare in other parts of the solar system. The Sun, which acts like a massive natural fusion reactor, constantly sends out streams of solar wind—these are high-energy ...

The NASA/ESA Solar Orbiter recently recorded the highest-ever concentration of a rare helium isotope (3 He) emitted from the Sun. A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists sought the ...

The delivery date is no later than April 2029. A rendering of a rocket with a capsule containing helium-3 being returned to Earth from the lunar surface. The agreement marks the first DOE Isotope ...