Scientists believe they have found the largest-ever alcohol molecule in space — though it's not the kind that can get you drunk.
Scientists say they've found alcohol molecules in space — though, unfortunately, it's not the type that gets you drunk.a cloud of propanol alcohol molecules — according to the researchers, the largest alcohol molecule ever found in space — near the center of the Milky Way, a finding they believe could help us better understand how stars are formed.
The region is nicknamed the "delivery room" due to it being the birthplace of a ton of stars. The discovery of these chemicals in interstellar space is part of a lengthy effort to better understand star incubator regions like Sagittarius B2. "The detection of both isomers of propanol is uniquely powerful in determining the formation mechanism of each," said Rob Garrod from the University of Virginia, co-author of
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