Earth and Space
Raspberry flavoured Milky Way
Stories from Physics
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Radio astronomers examining dust clouds at the centre of our galaxy have found evidence of the chemical ethyl formate, which is responsible for the flavour of raspberries. The compound has an additional sensory property – it smells of rum.
References
Raspberry flavoured Milky Way
I. Sample, Galaxy’s centre tastes of raspberries and smells of rum, say astronomers, 21st April, 2009, Guardian Website, https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/apr/21/space-raspberries-amino-acids-astrobiology
