Carbon Capital of the Galaxy

By Jeffrey Winters
Apr 1, 1996 6:00 AMNov 12, 2019 4:40 AM

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Carbon is the stuff of life. And our solar system seems to be much more generously endowed with it than most other parts of the galaxy.

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