Magnesium isotope geochemistry is an important field of study that helps scientists understand weathering processes and their implications for the environment. Weathering, the process by which ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

In a phenomenon known as the island of inversion, isotopes of neon, sodium, and magnesium with 20 neutrons also show a lack of nuclear shell closure. In the case of oxygen-28, the scientists ...