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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>The origin of helium in the universe dates back to the Big Bang, which took place 13.8 billion years ago. Some of this rare isotope was swallowed by the Earth as it formed, while more was thrown outward in the process.<\/p>\n

Our planet\u2019s core might be leaking the ultra-rare isotope helium-3<\/b>, which indicates a higher level of activity deep inside the Earth than expected, a new study has revealed.<\/p>\n

The research was conducted by geochemists from the California Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who explored lava flows on Baffin Island in the 62-million-year-old Arctic Archipelago in Canada.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the research, Horton told reporters that he and his colleagues \u201cknow very little about Earth’s core, other than that it exists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis makes studying the core both intriguing and frustrating. Traditionally, the core and outer layers of our planet (mantle and crust) were presumed to be geochemically isolated (i.e., material does not transfer back and forth). Increasingly, scientists have been challenging this notion,\u201d the geochemist pointed out.<\/p>\n

Horton stressed he thinks that the study \u201clends credence to the idea that material, or at least helium, leaks out of the core.\u201d The scientist added that he \u201cfinds this exciting because it suggests that the deep Earth is more dynamic than we realized: elements move between the metallic and rocky parts of our planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, helium in the core may have survived the Moon-forming giant impact, which is believed to have melted and mixed all of the rocky material on Earth. So, the high 3He\/4He ratios we measured may be an indication that helium\u2014and perhaps other light elements like hydrogen and carbon\u2014survived the cataclysmic origins of our planet by being sheltered in the core,\u201d the geochemist concluded.<\/p>\n

Helium-4 or 4He is the stable and most abundant isotope of the noble gas, which is found in concentrations 20 million times greater than Helium-3 in the Earth’s mantle.<\/p>\n

According to media reports, the research is expected to shed more light on the time when our planet \u201ccame together from a swirl of dust and primordial gas\u201d in the time of the Big Bang, which occurred almost 14 billion years ago.<\/p>\n

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