system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Would heavy unstable elements at the core of a star have a significantly extended half-life due to gravity?
gpt
If you think of gravitational time dilation: No. It's a tiny effect for stars, just a few parts in a million. Instead of 1 second the lifetime (as seen from far away) is now 1.000005 seconds or something like that (with the exact number depending on the star) - not a big deal.