The usefulness of helium-3 as a probe of the early Universe has been in doubt. A rethink of stellar theory and new observational data put those doubts to rest.
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Charbonnel, C. A baryometer is back. Nature 415, 27–29 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/415027a
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