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‘Doubly magic’ form of oxygen may challenge a fundamental law of physics

Live Science

By Kiley Price

September 1, 2023

For the first time, scientists have created oxygen-28, a rare oxygen isotope that has 12 more neutrons than oxygen-16, the most common form of oxygen on the planet. This newly created “heavy” oxygen isotope has the highest number of neutrons ever seen in an oxygen atom and was expected to be ultrastable and last virtually forever. 

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