Tag Archive for 'Neon'

Three-proton emission from aluminium-20. Image credit: Xiaodong Xu.

New Isotope of Aluminum Discovered: Aluminum-20

Jul 22, 2025 by News Staff

The previously unknown nucleus aluminum-20 has been observed for the first time by detecting its in-flight decays. Three-proton emission from aluminium-20....

This Webb image shows Messier 83. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / A. Adamo, Stockholm University / FEAST JWST Team.

Webb Finds Evidence for Active Supermassive Black Hole in Messier 83

Apr 21, 2025 by News Staff

Highly ionized neon gas detected at the center of the spiral galaxy Messier 83 by the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) aboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb...

Mirror nuclei, such as oxygen-18 and neon-18, have the same number of protons and neutrons (18), but while oxygen-18 has 8 protons and 10 neutrons, neon-18 has 10 protons & 8 neutrons. When they absorb enough energy, they can decay and emit an alpha particle (2 protons and 2 neutrons). Image credit: M. Barbui.

Nuclear Physicists Find Evidence of Superradiance in Mirror Nuclei

Jun 28, 2023 by News Staff

Superradiance occurs when an atomic nucleus reaches a high excitation energy. Mirror nuclei, such as oxygen-18 and neon-18, have the same number of protons...

This image of the asteroid Ryugu was captured by the Optical Navigation Camera - Telescopic (ONC-T) on JAXA’s Hayabusa-2 spacecraft on June 26, 2018, from a distance of 13.7 miles (22 km). Image credit: JAXA / University of Tokyo / Kochi University / Rikkyo University / Nagoya University / Chiba Institute of Technology / Meiji University / Aizu University / AIST.

Researchers Find Extraterrestrial Noble Gases in Asteroid Ryugu Sample

Nov 3, 2022 by Sergio Prostak

The sample of material delivered to our planet from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu contained a mixture of extraterrestrial (helium and neon) and terrestrial...

An artistic conception of the early Earth. Image credit: Simone Marchi / NASA.

Plate Tectonics Was Active from Earth’s Very Beginning, Study Suggests

Oct 1, 2018 by News Staff

New research overturns previous scientific beliefs that Earth’s tectonic plates were developed over the course of billions of years. An artistic conception...

Illustration of the early solar disk, with an inset image of a blue crystal of hibonite, one of the first minerals to form in the Solar System. Image credit: Field Museum / University of Chicago / NASA / ESA / E. Field, STScl.

Meteorite Researchers Find Strong Evidence Early Sun Was Highly Active

Jul 31, 2018 by News Staff

By examining microscopic ice-blue crystals of mineral hibonite trapped inside a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite, an international team of scientists was...

Isinger et al documented the incredibly brief moment when two electrons in a neon atom are emitted. Image credit: Marcus Isinger.

Innovative Interferometric Method Reveals Time of Electron Photoemission from Atom

Nov 15, 2017 by News Staff

According to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, it’s impossible to know both the position and the speed of an electron at any one time. However, a...

Moon. Image credit: Gregory H. Revera / CC BY-SA 3.0.

LADEE Confirms Presence of Neon in Lunar Exosphere

Aug 18, 2015 by News Staff

While planetary researchers have speculated on the presence of the noble gas neon in the Moon’s atmosphere (called a surface boundary exosphere) for...