The center of our galaxy tastes like raspberries

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The center of our galaxy tastes like raspberries

The Milky Way's center surprisingly tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, thanks to a vast cosmic cloud of ethyl formate, revealing life's building blocks are widespread.

Imagine the center of our galaxy tasting like raspberries and smelling like rum! Scientists discovered this cosmic cocktail within Sagittarius B2, a massive gas cloud. This cloud contains billions of liters of ethyl formate, the very chemical that gives raspberries their flavor and rum its distinctive scent.

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