Scientists spot sugar in interstellar space for the first time ever

280 points by scientificamerican 15 hours ago on reddit | 29 comments

No-Criticism5617 | 15 hours ago

Sweet.

sharkbomb | 14 hours ago

dude!

BetweenTheRoots | 14 hours ago

Sweet! What does mine say?

autocorrects | 14 hours ago

Dude!!

MantusTMD | 13 hours ago

Ray!

snozberryface | 11 hours ago

Fucked me!

m1ke_tyz0n | 14 hours ago

We've seen sugar before. IRAS 16293−2422 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRAS_16293%E2%88%922422

Dry-Perspective-1114 | 14 hours ago

Almost 15 years ago it says. It was 2012

UntowardHatter | 14 hours ago

2012 is not almost 15 years ago haha

Dry-Perspective-1114 | 14 hours ago

2012+15 =2027 today is 2026.

Spork_Warrior | 10 hours ago

It’s 2026 all day?

Dry-Perspective-1114 | 10 hours ago

I sure hope it is.

UntowardHatter | 14 hours ago

No.

No....

Dry-Perspective-1114 | 13 hours ago

John you gotta wake up it’s 2026, the surgery was a success

peepdabidness | 10 hours ago

😂 sucks to hear that huh

sharkbomb | 14 hours ago

thought so

Xajel | 3 hours ago

One for tea, one for coffee.

I personally don't, so no need to go to either sources.

JackVonReditting | 15 hours ago

1 min before: “weight gain in space is ridiculous, I’m gonna dump this sugar.”

FeignSkill | 14 hours ago

Alien candy factory. That's no moon! It's a jaw breaker for a space whale.

ProbablyStu | 12 hours ago

Now we just need to find coffee and there'll be no stopping Janeway.

AlwaysUpvotesScience | 14 hours ago

Space clearly needs Ozempic®

Objective-Aardvark87 | 11 hours ago

Aliens got some on Earth, realised it is poison, then dumped it out the airlock.

snozberryface | 11 hours ago

pretty sweet

Gray_Fawx | 8 hours ago

Cookie clicker space grandmas expanding their domain…

Find_another_whey | 7 hours ago

I don't have if you have sweeties I'm not getting in the space vehicle

bioindicator | 5 hours ago

What is Milky Way’s A1C? I hope it’s not diabeetus!