In an unprecedentedly precise accelerator experiment, researchers directly observed how some of the heaviest known elements ...

The periodic table is one of the triumphs of science. Even before certain elements had been discovered, this chart could ...

Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia May Contain Elements Not Yet Seen On Earth The asteroid is so dense, physicists say it could contain elements outside the periodic table.

The exploration of the isotopic border for the element seaborgium is a natural continuation of these experiments, mapping the coastline of the island of stability of the superheavy nuclei.

Researchers from the University of South China have developed the Two-Potential approach to obtain the key information about the nuclear structure in heavy and superheavy region.  It is found ...

Since superheavy nuclei may decay through various modes such as alpha decay, cluster radioactivity and spontaneous fission (SF), it is important to understand whether there is any preformation of ...

Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The ...

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Nuclear theorists at FRIB carry out predictions for superheavy nuclei using advanced models aided by high-performance computing and machine learning. Studying the Periodic Table of Elements and the ...

Russia will start building a superheavy booster rocket in 2024, on instructions from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Roscosmos Director General Yury Borisov said on Friday.

On Feb. 9, SpaceX’s Superheavy rocket shattered the south Texas calm as 31 of its 33 engines ignited in a brief static fire test. Although one engine failed to start and another shut down as the ...

Superheavy neutron stars also have nearly twice the size of a typical neutron star, or about twice the length of Manhattan Island. The mega neutron stars spin nearly 78,000 times a minute — almost ...