Giant Methanol Cloud Detected in Space, page 1
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Topic started on 3-4-2006 @ 11:10 PM by Beachcoma
I know what you're thinking, but unfortunately it isn't ethanol, the stuff you drink, but methanol, which is rather poisonous. Still, it's an interesting discovery.

Read on --


Alchohol cloud found in space

Astronomers say they have spotted a cloud of alcohol in space that measures 463 billion kilometres across, a finding that could shed light on how giant stars are formed from primordial gas.

The vast bridge-shaped cloud of methanol has been spotted in a region of the Milky Way called W3(OH), where stars form by the gravitational collapse of concentrations of gas and dust.

[...]

Around 130 organic molecules have also been identified so far in space, fuelling speculation that these complex molecules may have helped to sow the seeds for life on the fledgling Earth.

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Did you get the size of that cloud? If my math is correct, that's 3,095 AU, or nearly 3,100 the distance from the Earth to the Sun

Related ATSNN Discussion:
SCI/TECH: Sugar Cloud found at Center of Milky Way - Clues to the Origin of Life?

MOD EDIT: Sorry, but people seem to read the title and just reply... No one seems to catch on the first thing you said is that it is not the kind you drink. Maybe the title change will curb this...

[edit on 4/5/2006 by cmdrkeenkid]
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