Alcohol cloud spotted in deep space

[Vanden]

Astronomers say they have spotted a cloud of alcohol in deep 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 methyl alcohol has been spotted in a region of our galaxy, the Milky Way, that is called W3(OH), where stars are being formed by the gravitational collapse of concentrations of gas and dust, the discoverers said in a press release.

Methanol, an organic (carbon-based) molecule, is a cousin of ethanol, which is found in alcoholic beverages.

Methanol is not suitable for human consumption.

The cloud was spotted by astronomers based at Britain's Jodrell Bank Observatory led by Lisa Harvey-Smith.

Their work was to be presented on Tuesday at a meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in Leicester, central England.

In 2004, methanol, also called methyl alcohol, was spotted for the first time in one of the disc-like clusters that form around nascent stars.

That discovery opened up a new area of debate in astrophysics, challenging the conventional view that interstellar chemistry could not provide the conditions for creating complex molecules, as they would be ripped apart by ultraviolet radiation from stars and other tough conditions.

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

-AFP

The vast bridge-shaped cloud of methyl alcohol was sighted in the Milky Way.

[muratcan]

saw this on Digg, beer heaven :ROFL:

[Vanden]

saw this on Digg, beer heaven :ROFL:

yea so did i so posted here

[Crimson_Tears]

Thats pretty cool!

[Vanden]

i want to get drunk in space

[mnky]

i want to get drunk in space

you would die

[Hooger]

i want to get drunk in space

lol this is awsome..

just another place for me to get wasted ;)

[Skaifey]

If you haven't quite realised, the alcohol in this cloud is NOT beer/wine/spirits-type alcohol... it's methanol, which is what they put in methylated spirits so people don't use it as cheap drinking alcohol.

It's lethal.

[chellow]

Still the best way to die I've heard of so far.

[Jay C]

I think their paying too much attention to the word alcohol and not enough to the words lethal and not fit for human consumption.

It's like an "Orgy of invertabrate sex". Invertebrate isnt the word you're interested in.

[MasterMagneto]

I think their paying too much attention to the word alcohol and not enough to the words lethal and not fit for human consumption.

It's like an "Orgy of invertabrate sex". Invertebrate isnt the word you're interested in.

HAHA THANK YOU. You say alcohol once and you get a bunch of fools going OMG GETTING WASTED IS AWESOME!1!! AHAHAHA!11!! Idiots.

[socal434]

If you haven't quite realised, the alcohol in this cloud is NOT beer/wine/spirits-type alcohol... it's methanol, which is what they put in methylated spirits so people don't use it as cheap drinking alcohol.

It's lethal.

i bet you would get pretty f*cked up before you died though

[Tito0096]

ahahah seriouly

[GamingDemon]

Your head will explode from all the drunkedness...

[Siouxsie]

You'd probably go into a state of paralytic shock then explode 30 seconds later due to sudden decompression.

btw, alcahol is not a fun way to die. A week long hangover is a common sympton of alcahol poisoning. And nobody wants that.

[Anon]

O.o Very Interesting.

[dubuque]

Whoa...booze in space...NO DRUNK SPACE SHIP DRIVING!

[jas0nuk]

Methanol != ethanol

You wouldn't get drunk, it's POISONOUS, you WOULD DIE.

[Gutya]

What a bunch of idiots.

[Maniakc]

Ah, it makes sence, I like alcahol, yum, thats where heaven must lay...



100th post! I think?

[MasterMagneto]

Ah, it makes sence, I like alcahol, yum, thats where heaven must lay...



100th post! I think?

And another idiot joins the fray. It's not alcohol fit for consumption for the 5000th time fool.

[idk2]

Damn extraterrestrial drunkards, they have tolerance for the hardest liquer.

EDIT: I was kidding, by the way, if anyone thought i wasnt.

[Maniakc]

And another idiot joins the fray. It's not alcohol fit for consumption for the 5000th time fool.

Those are called jokes, you need a sence of humor

[LNAtropic]

yay. something to clean my nail polish with.

wait. that's rubbing alchohol.

I'm guessing you still need to be of legal age when travelling to this part of space

[Siouxsie]

I don't think they let teenagers drive spaceships anyway...

[Josey Wales]

Damn... the consuming the alocohol joke was already used...

other than a great oppurtunity for a laugh, who really cares...

[LNAtropic]

I don't think they let teenagers drive spaceships anyway...

Unless they got a permit, they can drive with their parents.

[MasterMagneto]

Damn... the consuming the alocohol joke was already used...

other than a great oppurtunity for a laugh, who really cares...

The consumption of alcohol joke got driven into the ground lol

[Hemperor]

The consumption of alcohol joke got driven into the ground lol

I thought a joke was ment to be funny, I don't see how pre pubalecent kids talking about getting drunk is funny ;)

[Josey Wales]

I don't see how pre pubalecent kids talking about getting drunk is funny ;)

I can.