There is a conjectured "plateau of stability" beyond uranium where elements would become stable enough to form in a real world setting and last more than seconds or minutes. I'm not saying these asteroids contain them, nor am I saying that the plateau necessarily exists, but it is a possibility.
There is a conjectured "plateau of stability" beyond uranium where elements would become stable enough to form in a real world setting and last more than seconds or minutes. I'm not saying these asteroids contain them, nor am I saying that the plateau necessarily exists, but it is a possibility.
If they are stable on an asteroid hurtling through space, couldn’t you keep them in a vacuum, liquid nitrogen and depressurized to slow the degradation process?
If they are stable on an asteroid hurtling through space, couldn’t you keep them in a vacuum, liquid nitrogen and depressurized to slow the degradation process?
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