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    Astronomers make most Distant Detection yet of Fluorine in Star-Forming Galaxy

    November 8, 2021, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    A new discovery is shedding light on how fluorine — an element found in our bones and teeth as fluoride — is forged in the Universe. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, a team of astronomers have detected this element in a galaxy that is so far away its light has taken over 12 billion years to reach us. This is the first time fluorine has been spotted in such a distant star-forming galaxy.

    A new discovery is shedding light on how fluorine – an element found in our bones and teeth as fluoride – is forged in the Universe...

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