Thursday, October 15, 2026

Scientists Detect Rare Type of Wood Alcohol in Space

A rare form of the organic alcohol methanol is present around at least one of the very young stars in the Perseus molecular cloud. Credit ©: Ekaterina Moerova/MPIfR/NASA/CXC/SSC/NOAO/DSS/NCBI

As part of the ALMA COMPASS Large program, an international research team has detected a rare form of methanol in space for the first time.



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