There Is a Giant Cloud of Alcohol in Space
A vast colorful nebula with molecular structure diagrams of ethanol floating over it, deep in a star-forming region
Sagittarius B2, a molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, contains billions of liters of methanol and ethanol. The ethanol cloud alone spans 288 billion miles across.
Why Itβs Interesting
While you could not drink it β it is mixed with lethal chemicals and spread incredibly thin β it demonstrates that complex organic chemistry happens spontaneously in space. These are the same molecular building blocks that eventually lead to life.
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