Star-formed atoms transport carbon

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Carbon in our bodies likely left galaxy and came back on cosmic 'conveyer belt'

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A team of scientists based in the U.S. and Canada recently confirmed that carbon and other star-formed atoms don't just drift idly through space until they are dragooned for new uses.

For galaxies like ours, which are still forming new stars, these atoms take a circuitous journey.

They circle their galaxy of origin on giant currents that extend into intergalactic space.

Studying the circumgalactic medium could help scientists understand how this recycling process subsides.

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