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Daily Archives: September 30, 2016

NASA: Sugar and alcohol trail off into space from comet Lovejoy
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NASA: Sugar and alcohol trail off into space from comet Lovejoy

Posted on September 30, 2016 by johnbillywright • Leave a comment

SUGAR AND ALCOHOL have been discovered in the icy furrows of comet Lovejoy. The comet’s orbit is highly elliptical. On a close arc around the sun, blue-green sails of booze and sugar trail off into space. Lovejoy marks the first time that ethyl alcohol (or ethanol), the same type we use in drinks here on Earth, has been … Continue reading →

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