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Astatine

Z 
85
Mass 
210
Lifeforce 
Water
A trembling dewdrop at the tip of a leaf in morning light, about to fall.
Plate · Astatine Astatine is barely here and almost gone, the most fleeting of natural things.

Receptive water: receives, completes, draws toward wholeness. Hungers for what makes it whole. Bound, becomes the conductor of life's processes.

Born in supernova explosions, the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.

Family portrait: this element's own portrait is not written yet. Mendeleev left gaps; we label ours.

Tool · Cosmic origin

Where your atoms come from

At · Supernova

Born in supernova explosions, the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.

65 of the 118 elements share this origin.

Choose a stage: click, or arrow keys. · Cosmic nucleosynthesis · current standard model

Tool · Periodic table

Your place in the system

  • Fire
  • Water
  • Air
  • Earth
  • Source

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