Astronomers make most distant detection yet of fluorine in star-forming galaxy

04/11/2021 5 min Episodio 6
Astronomers make most distant detection yet of fluorine in star-forming galaxy

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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 ALMA, 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.