Space-like environment can produce life's building blocks: Study
The researchers used several advanced techniques including electron stimulated desorption (ESD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and temperature programmed desorption (TPD).
Comet Lovejoy releases 500 bottles of alcohol every second!
The discovery marks the first time ethyl alcohol, the same type in alcoholic beverages, has been observed in a comet, researchers said.
Oct 25, 2015, 14:44 PM ISTIn unexpected discovery, alcohol and sugar detected in Comet Lovejoy!
Ethyl alcohol and a simple sugar known as glycolaldehyde were detected in Comet Lovejoy, said the study in the journal Science Advances.
Oct 24, 2015, 09:53 AM IST