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alien_from_earth_14 t1_iu08lvr 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

So any element of really high atomic number can stay stable at the singularity theoretically? Also will it be just one atom?

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mfb- t1_iu0bfwx wrote

No, it can't be stable at the singularity, nothing (that we know) can. A nucleus will get ripped apart by tidal forces before it reaches the singularity (or whatever might be there - but for sure not atoms).

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