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There's been recent talk of finding a new island of stability[1] though I don't think we imagine those super-heavy elements would have half-lives of more than t
by blacksmith_tb 3y ago
There's been recent talk of finding a new island of stability[1] though I don't think we imagine those super-heavy elements would have half-lives of more than thousands of years (so probably not very handy for alien engineers).
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability#Possible_natural_occurrence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability#Possible_n...
- thsksbd 3y agoYea, and it is super cool to think that, but either 1. the kinetic barrier is impossibly large that even novas cant cross it, or 2. the "stable" elements are not very long lived in astronomical time scales. Probably both are true, either way, it's a wash - no super heavy elements for alien races to play with.