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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 profoundest depths of our planet.

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