Is it necessary for life? I don't think it is but I know it's found in outer space so why is it up there? Is it in a star? Thanks.
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The reaction in the sun which gives us energy involves helium.
If helium didn't exist we would receive no energy and life wouldn't exist on the earth.
Even matter, energy, space, and time, would all have difficulties existing.
If the strong force were weaker, things would not even get as far as in the previous example. Soon after the Big Bang, as the universe cools, matter coalesces into atoms. The universe cools still further, and atoms themselves clump together due to gravity, forming clouds, which eventually form stars. Up until now, this universe has behaved pretty much like our own. But now it diverges. The repulsive force of the positive protons is more likely to overcome the attraction of the strong force the bigger atoms get, and the atom will undergo spontaneous fission. Since the strong force is weaker in this universe, lighter atoms are likely to be unstable, so stars cannot fuse atoms together enough times to create the heavier elements. This means that rocky planets, of the type that can support life, are impossible to form, because there is nothing from which to form dense enough rock and metal. As living creatures are unlikely to find Saturn-like gas giants habitable, this universe, again, has no safe harbor for life.
So that obviously means that there would be no Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Neptune,Uranus or even the Sun!!!There would be no universe without helium!!That's how important it is.
Hope this helped!!
If helium didn't exist we would receive no energy and life wouldn't exist on the earth.
Even matter, energy, space, and time, would all have difficulties existing.
If the strong force were weaker, things would not even get as far as in the previous example. Soon after the Big Bang, as the universe cools, matter coalesces into atoms. The universe cools still further, and atoms themselves clump together due to gravity, forming clouds, which eventually form stars. Up until now, this universe has behaved pretty much like our own. But now it diverges. The repulsive force of the positive protons is more likely to overcome the attraction of the strong force the bigger atoms get, and the atom will undergo spontaneous fission. Since the strong force is weaker in this universe, lighter atoms are likely to be unstable, so stars cannot fuse atoms together enough times to create the heavier elements. This means that rocky planets, of the type that can support life, are impossible to form, because there is nothing from which to form dense enough rock and metal. As living creatures are unlikely to find Saturn-like gas giants habitable, this universe, again, has no safe harbor for life.
So that obviously means that there would be no Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Neptune,Uranus or even the Sun!!!There would be no universe without helium!!That's how important it is.
Hope this helped!!
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There'd be no ballons stuck in power lines that's for sure...