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Why is there so few Helium on (inside) Earth?

Physics Asked by Alexei on October 26, 2020

According to this article, there is a large quantity of Helium in space (stars), but very little is accessible to us on Earth:

Helium is abundant in space, where it’s produced as a product of the
fusion reaction inside stars such as the sun. The naturally occurring
helium on Earth, though, comes from a different sort of process.

This might sound silly, but I could not find information about why we have so few Helium "trapped" on (inside) Earth since it is abundant in space during the birth of the planet.

Note: I am mostly referring to Helium-4, as the shortage seems to be different depending on the isotope as explained here.

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