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50 years ago, the quest for superheavy elements was just getting started

Andrew McCollum Sep 22, 2023

Searching for superheavies — Science News, September 8, 1973 Physicists and chemists have been actively searching for superheavy elements, substances with atomic weights…

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NASA’s retired Compton mission reveals superheavy neutron stars

Andrew McCollum Jan 10, 2023

Astronomers studying archival observations of powerful explosions called short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have detected light patterns indicating the brief existence of a superheavy neutron…