The Brighterside of News on MSN8d
Gigantic helium deposits may be hidden inside of the Earth's core
For decades, noble gases like helium have been considered chemically inert, refusing to form stable bonds under normal ...
Earth’s Core Might Contain Hidden Helium That Doesn’t Come From This World
Earth appears to be a chill blue planet, but deep down, it’s really a metalhead. Its outer core is mostly molten iron (and ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN5d
Huge Amounts of Helium Discovered in Earth’s Core, Changing What We Thought About the Planet’s Formation
For decades, scientists have puzzled over traces of primordial helium—a rare isotope known as ³He—escaping from volcanic ...
ScienceAlert on MSN3d
Earth's Core Could Be Hiding a Vast Reservoir of Primordial Helium
The surprise discovery that one of the lightest elements in the Universe can bind to iron under high pressure to form iron helide means we may have misunderstood the chemistry making up the ...
EurekAlert!10d
Helium in the Earth's core
These compounds remained stable when pressures were reduced. Further analysis confirmed helium’s incorporation into iron’s ...
Discovery suggests there could be huge amounts of helium in Earth's core
Researchers from Japan and Taiwan reveal for the first time that helium, usually considered chemically inert, can bond with ...
Mirage News9d
Helium In Earth's Core
Diamonds are forever, but how about helium? The diamond anvil crushed iron and helium together under conditions mimicking ...