Largest ‘Alcohol Cloud’ Ever Discovered

Although the idea that alcohol exists in space sounds unrealistic, there are actually many compounds and molecules in space, including alcohol and its types. While alcohol was observed in the universe as a cloud, a giant discovery came from scientists today.

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany detected a huge alcohol cloud near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. It has been announced that the alcohol cloud in question is the largest alcohol molecule discovery ever seen in space.

The largest alcohol cloud allowed us to witness another first:

It has been announced that the alcohol cloud in question consists of iso-propanol and normal propanol alcohol, which is used especially in hand disinfectants on Earth. Along with the discovery, iso-propanol alcohol was also detected in space for the first time. The region where the cloud was discovered also excited the scientific world.

The exact location of the alcohol cloud was shared as the Sagittarius B2 region, located near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. This region is described as the ‘star birth room’ in the scientific world. Because it is known that stars form densely in this region.

This is why the discovery of alcohol in this region is of great importance. According to scientists, the discovered alcohol cloud may allow us to learn new information about how stars are formed.