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This Ultradense Asteroid May Contain Elements We’ve Never Seen Before (www.popularmechanics.com)

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A new study suggests that atoms could be stable at atomic number 164, which could help explain recent measurements of the ultradense asteroid 33 Polyhymnia.

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[–] ashok36@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wouldn't any element with that many protons/neutrons be ridiculously short lived though? The strong force isn't strong enough to keep an atom that size together without some wild additional properties.

[–] Moebius@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

Not necessarily, scientists think we will hit an island of stability and eventually have high atomic weight elements that have very slow decay rates.