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Boozy comet leaves '500 bottles of wine per second' trail in its wake
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Posted on 10/26/2015 7:26:54 PM PDT by Fred Nerks
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Scientists studying the comet, known as Lovejoy, have found its glowing trail is made up of alcohol and sugar.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/26/2015 7:29:58 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(Fair Dinkum!)
To: Fred Nerks
>>Scientists studying the comet, known as Lovejoy, have found its glowing trail is made up of alcohol and sugar. <<
In college, so was mine.
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posted on
10/26/2015 7:30:33 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
To: Fred Nerks
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posted on
10/26/2015 7:30:34 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
To: Fred Nerks
Oh, I am
so there......lemme grab my Pilsner glass and it's showtime!
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posted on
10/26/2015 7:31:50 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(The Avatar is back by popular request.)
To: Fred Nerks
ethyl alcohol... I thought that was a byproduct of yeast (life) fermentation digesting sugar not a naturally occurring substance...?
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posted on
10/26/2015 7:31:50 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(King G(OP)eorge III has no idea why the Americans Patr are in rebellion... teach him why)
To: Viking2002
The Universe wants us to partake. Who are we to argue?
L
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posted on
10/26/2015 7:33:31 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Fred Nerks
Comet!
It will make your teeth turn green
Comet!
It tastes like gasoline
Comet!
It will make you vomit
So get some Comet..and vomit, today.
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posted on
10/26/2015 7:34:19 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Fred Nerks
A close up.
To: Fred Nerks
Wondered where I left my old drinkin truck.
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posted on
10/26/2015 7:44:32 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: Jim Robinson
So now the muzzies will boycott space travel?
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posted on
10/26/2015 7:45:49 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(Fair Dinkum!)
To: Slings and Arrows
To: Fred Nerks
World Health Organization will not be pleased
To: Fred Nerks
I vote that we send settlements there instead of Mars! Lovejoy might be a harsh mistress but won’t leave you dry.
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posted on
10/26/2015 8:15:29 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: Viking2002
So...my vintage Miller High Life bar sign with the bouncing balls is actually...a planetarium! That’s science, man. I dig it!
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posted on
10/26/2015 8:26:52 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: tophat9000
Ethyl alcohol, more commonly known as “ethanol” is a small, simple molecule: H3C-CH2OH. Simple molecules can form spontaneously, as long as the proper elements and some energy are present.
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posted on
10/26/2015 8:32:56 PM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: tophat9000
yeast digesting sugars is a natural process. Now how did the sugars get there and what kind of fermentation process took place are my questions.
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posted on
10/26/2015 8:33:17 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
( I see a bad moon rising. I hear the voice of rage and ruin.)
To: Fred Nerks
...leaves a boozy trail equivalent to "500 bottles of wine per second"...Alcohol abuse!!
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posted on
10/26/2015 8:35:45 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: dfwgator
Heh, sung to the Bridge on the River Kwai tune, IIRC ;)
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posted on
10/26/2015 8:36:31 PM PDT
by
broken_clock
( Cruz back to the future!)
To: tophat9000
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-24/sugar-alcohol-on-comet-lovejoy/6881794
Scientists have identified two complex organic molecules, or building blocks of life, on a comet for the first time, shedding new light on the cosmic origins of planets like Earth.
Ethyl alcohol and a simple sugar known as glycolaldehyde were detected in Comet Lovejoy, according to the study in the journal Science Advances.
“These complex organic molecules may be part of the rocky material from which planets are formed,” the study’s authors said.
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posted on
10/26/2015 8:52:33 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(Fair Dinkum!)
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