The findings suggest that somewhere in the deep portions of our planet, gases are preserved from Earth's formation, says the new study's lead author Forrest Horton, a geochemist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
For example, the isotope helium 3, which has two protons and one neutron, was made in stars and during the big bang. This isotope is extremely rare on Earth.
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