For instance, element 164 is followed by elements 139, 140, and then 169. According to Pyykkö’s calculations, 139 and 140 are the first elements with electrons in the 8p orbital. This table is ...

The periodic table of chemical elements hangs in front of chemistry classrooms worldwide and is an icon for science. Yet much was unknown about its history -- until now. The periodic table ...

Meet nihonium (Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts) and oganesson (Og), the newest elements on the periodic table to receive names. But don’t get too attached to the nomenclature for these ...

Most of the known elements in our universe were created in the white hot cauldrons of exploding stars, and hurled across time and space for humans to eventually discover. For much of the 18th and ...