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Is it possible to synthesize an atom above atomic number 118, where the current periodic table "ends"?

This would require another orbital, correct? 

Also, should element 118 be considered a Noble gas?
gpt
Yes- possible, but very difficult. Right now we don't have the techniques to make them. We would expect no. 118 to behave as a noble gas, since it would have analogous electronic structure to the other noble gases (full valence). 

As a side note, physicists have theorized that there is an "Island of stability", or group of elements with much higher atomic numbers that have longer half lives than the largest atoms we have currently synthesized. These elements would have particular numbers of protons and neutrons that provide special energetic stability. 

Great question!