Dark Matter detector directly observes rare decay of Xe-124

nature.com

26 pointsfabatka3 comments

> predicted half-life that surpasses the age of the Universe by many orders of magnitude

Wow.

Is there any chance that the half-life of Xenon-124 is lower than previously thought?

There is always 'some' chance, but the article quotes 1.8 +- 0.5 so the error bars are already quite big.