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The Cosmic Origins of Your Toothpaste

| December 27, 2014 Comment

The Cosmic Origins of Your Toothpaste – It may only take brushing your teeth to help you feel connected to the cosmos. New research suggests that fluorine, an element in toothpaste, may have been forged billions of years ago inside stars that are now long dead .

Fluorine is commonly found in products like toothpaste, refrigerants and pharmaceuticals, and it’s the 13th most abundant element on earth. Astronomers already knew that most elements have a stellar origin, but multiple theories speculate on the birth of cosmic fluorine.

The new study suggests that red giant stars may be the main creators of fluorine, and the element likely originated in the high pressure cores of these sun-like stars.

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