Reading the transcript of the Royal Society of Chemistry podcast Helium Hydride, they state that helium hydride is possibly the most ancient compound to form in the Universe. They make the assertion that despite helium hydride being most stable as an ion, but:
The neutral molecule can briefly exist, but only as an excimer, where the excess electron has enough energy to keep it at a higher level.
Under what natural conditions could a stable neutral helium hydride molecule exist?