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There are several indications that a considerable flux of gas is constantly flowing into the galactic system, and that intergalactic gas probably makes up a large fraction of the mass of the universe. This discussion of the phenomena involved is a modified version of the Nuffield Lecture given at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, Cambridge, on July 7, 1969.
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OORT, J. Infall of Gas from Intergalactic Space. Nature 224, 1158–1163 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2241158a0
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