Re:The Big Alien Theory
by gherkin0 on Thursday March 24, 2016 @01:31PM
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> Is there a reason that other (alien) elements can't exist that we've never been exposed to?
Yes, because you form new chemical elements by adding protons (and stabilizing neutrons) to the nucleus, and humans have found or synthesized the first 118 of these. The ones that don't occur in naturally on earth are short-lived an unstable.
Yes, because you form new chemical elements by adding protons (and stabilizing neutrons) to the nucleus, and humans have found or synthesized the first 118 of these. The ones that don't occur in naturally on earth are short-lived an unstable.