New study reveals space around galaxies recycles star elements, including carbon, back into galaxies.

Researchers have found that the circumgalactic medium, a space surrounding galaxies, acts like a conveyor belt recycling star-built elements like carbon back into galaxies to form new stars and planets. This discovery, published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, shows that the carbon in our bodies likely originated from stars outside our galaxy before being drawn back in. The study highlights the importance of this recycling process for galaxy evolution and star formation.

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