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The Taste Of Space
It turns out that space tastes like raspberries and not Tang or freeze-dried ice cream as one might suspect. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy were searching for evidence of amino acids in space when they found ethyl formate, the chemical used in to make raspberry flavoring. The astronomers used the IRAM telescope in Spain to analyze electromagnetic radiation emitted by a hot and dense region of Sagittarius B2 that surrounds a newborn star. Astronomer Arnaud Belloche said, "It [ethyl formate] does happen to give raspberries their flavour, but there are many other molecules that are needed to make space raspberries."
And to think, they laughed at Professor Farnsworth and his Smelloscope.
...would dare give me the raspberry!
GOD!
First they had telescopes, which they used to get the sights of space, then they came up with the smell of space, now the taste, so what's next? The sound of space?
In space, nobody can hear the sound of Wooosh!
Is it sad that I am more likely to recognize you and your posts by your sig than your name or UID?
There is only one person who would DARE give me the raspberry....
Scientists report Uranus tastes like crap.
smells like a typical Canadian winter.
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