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by hnuser123456 389 days ago
Maybe you saw this story recently?: https://phys.org/news/2025-05-universe-decay-years-sooner-pr...

Also, bismuth was once thought to be the most massive "fully" stable element, but turns out does decay with a half life of 10^19 years, compared to the universe's age of ~10^10 years.

Neutrons decay into a proton/electron pair after 15 minutes when not part of a nucleus.

Protons appear to be fully stable for any practical considerations, however they might decay after 10^30 years.