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Would You Like Sugar With Your Stars? Sugar Detected in Interstellar Space for the First Time
Scientists have detected a simple sugar found in raspberries within the gas and dust at the center of the Milky Way. It’s the first time a sugar molecule has been identified in interstellar media, having previously been found in our solar system on asteroids. Called erythrulose,...
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It’s the first time a sugar molecule has been identified in interstellar media, having previously been found in our solar system on asteroids.