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April 06, 2006

This is why we need to increase funding for space exploration.

I think even Ted Kennedy will agree.

Astronomers say they have spotted a cloud of alcohol in deep space that measures 463 billion kilometres across, a finding that could shed light on how giant stars are formed from primordial gas. The vast bridge-shaped cloud of methyl alcohol has been spotted in a region of our galaxy, the Milky Way, that is called W3(OH), where stars are being formed by the gravitational collapse of concentrations of gas and dust, the discoverers said in a press release.

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Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at April 6, 2006 09:37 AM

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