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RECENT observations on spiral galaxies have shown that their interstellar material cannot be in purely rotational motion. The evidence points to a circulation of interstellar gas between the galactic plane and the galactic halo.
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WENTZEL, D. Galactic Motions in a Large-Scale Magnetic Field. Nature 189, 907–908 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189907a0
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