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tobojijo t1_itynwoe wrote

Reply to comment by mfb- in Would heavy unstable elements at the core of a star have a significantly extended half-life due to gravity? by SpectralMagic

Over the course of say 4 billion years that adds up to a 20,000 year difference

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MrMurchison t1_ityp99s wrote

Sure, but that only seems like a significant difference because of human time frames. Those 20,000 years describe the difference between being at exactly half of the original mass, and functionally half of the original mass.

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