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Astronomers Spy 288bn Mile Booze Cloud

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the quite-a-binge dept.

netmucus writes to tell us that UK astronomers have spotted a giant cloud of methyl alcohol that spans approximately 288bn miles. From the article: "The booze cloud was spotted using the UK's MERLIN radio telescopes in an area of our own galaxy rather uninspiringly called W3(OH). According to the Royal Astronomical Society blurb, this is a region where 'stars are being formed by the gravitational collapse of a cloud of gas and dust.'"

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  1. Methyl Alcohol Isn't "Booze" by obsol33t · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Booze refers to ethyl alcohol. In fact, methyl alcohol is added to ethyl alcohol to make it undrinkable so that it can be sold for lab use.