In unexpected discovery, comet contains alcohol, sugar

http://phys.org/news/2015-10-unexpected-discovery-comet-alcohol-sugar.html

by lelf • 11 years ago

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S_A_P• 11 years ago

I can't take this site seriously with the ad content.

fein• 11 years ago

Does this help?

http://phys.org/print364829979.html

jstalin• 11 years ago

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

kbenson2• 11 years ago

I hope anyone blocking ads decides to register, or unblock ads. They have a helpful banner that pops up when you visit the site using an ad blocker, that directs you to a page[1] that very nicely explains that while they appreciate your cjoice, they use ads to fund the site, and provide a couple alternative ways to help them. One of those is to register, which they say allows browsing with less ads (I'm not sure if the implication is you'll register and then turn off the ad-blocker, but it seems to me to be clearly offered as an alternative).

In any case, they've very clearly set expectations.

1: http://phys.org/help/adblock/

PhasmaFelis• 11 years ago

Turned Ghostery off to check, and the ads here are as innocuous as I've seen on any ad-supported site in the past several years. Not sure why this one in particular grinds your gears.

moron4hire• 11 years ago

If anyone is familiar with the X game series (space flight simulators ala Elite), they had an illegal alcoholic substance called "Space Fuel" that you could make a lot of money running as a smuggler. This reminded me of that.

idlewords• 11 years ago

This could be a real shot in the arm for the Russian space program

gdy2• 11 years ago

What do you mean?

alanh• 11 years ago

It’s a joke at Russians' expense, due to association of Russia and vodka in popular stereotypes. :/

AKifer• 11 years ago

I like this joke, hahahah

jwuphysics• 11 years ago

The factor that the Comet Lovejoy contains ethyl alcohol and a simple saccharide is not unexpected; this paper does however mark the first identification of these organic molecules in a comet. Astronomers have previously detected both of these, along with plenty of other complex organic molecules, in other regions of the Milky Way (e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_interstellar_and_circu...).

xweb• 11 years ago

Woo-hoo! Party at Comet Lovejoy tonight!!! Who's with me? (Go to the Alley Door on the Comet, you'll see the bouncers at the top of the stairs. Dress warm, it's chilly inside)

dx211• 11 years ago

The first thing that came to mind when I read that headline was we could maybe save a couple bucks making homemade toilet cleaner.

YeGoblynQueenne• 11 years ago

I thought ice cream.

ZoeZoeBee• 11 years ago

Sweet, now I can get drunk while I clean my toilet

JoachimS• 11 years ago

So candy and booze, sounds like a wild ride. ;-)

In unexpected discovery, comet contains alcohol, sugar

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