Carbon in Human Bodies Traced to Intergalactic Recycling System

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Earth's Atoms Traveled Outside the Galaxy, Scientist Says

According to a new study, the carbon atoms that form part of all life on Earth may have traveled outside the galaxy first. Credits: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. According to a new study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, the carbon atoms that form part of all life on Earth may have traveled outside the galaxy first. Carbon is the basis of all life on Earth. It originates within stars through nuclear fusion and disperses int…

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Intergalactic carbon makes up our bodies, says Hubble study

The carbon on the Earth – and therefore, in us – probably spent some time outside the Milky Way galaxy before forming our planet, according to a new study. The study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, finds that after being made inside stars, carbon atoms spend some time circling the galaxy in giant currents. “The same carbon in our bodies most likely spent a significant amount of time outside of the galaxy!” says co-author Jessica…

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Carbon atoms are like building blocks, giving shape to a large part of the human body. Oddly enough, in a kind of cosmic recycling, the carbon atoms in each body travel 400,000...

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Carbon atoms in our bodies travelled galaxies before returning on cosmic 'conveyor belt'

Astronomer Carl Sagan famously said, “We are made of star stuff,” and new research brings a deeper understanding to this cosmic idea

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Atoms In Your Body Probably Once Left The Galaxy

The technology that would allow humans to leave the Milky Way is barely imaginable, but it seems the carbon and oxygen that give us life did it all on their own.

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Life on planet Earth is carbon-based. This means that the important molecules that are necessary for life to function contain carbon as an important basic element.