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Sugar in Space opus 904

25 July 2026 1153 Hours Chemistry, Communication, Current Events, Environment, Science
The sugar recently discovered near the center
Of the Milky Way is identical to the sugar in Raspberries.
It is called erythrulose, a four carbon ketose sugar (C4H8O4).
This compound was floating as a gas in an
Interstellar molecular cloud.
Erythrulose can easily convert to other sugars that fuel life.
A former discovery of ethyl formate in that region
Gives Raspberries their flavor plus the smell to rum!
It was formerly thought that organic sugars
Reached planets only via asteroids or meteorites.
Now it is concluded that they form spontaneously
On icy dust grains, suggesting that life ingredients
Are 'universally present across the galaxy!'