radioactive decay
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The nonrenewable gas is produced by radioactive decay deep under the earth and escapes into space once released.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Helium is a byproduct of natural gas extraction, and it also occurs naturally from radioactive decay in the Earth’s crust.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
The breakthrough came when a method, which measures radioactive decay, dated the fossils to 564 million years ago, plus or minus 700,000 years.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2024
It forms through the radioactive decay of uranium and thorium deep in the crust and eventually seeps out and escapes into space.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 5, 2023
The weak force engages in more miscellaneous tasks, mostly to do with controlling the rates of certain sorts of radioactive decay.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
