Cosmic Cocktails: Oxygen and Alcohol in Space!

Scientists studying Comets 67P and Lovejoy have discovered oxygen, alcohol, and the building block of sugar. Sounds like a regular Friday night on earth, but it’s the first time we’ve found any of these things on a comet. ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Justin Lentz, David Campos, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Lilly Grainger, Happy Birthday!!, and Fatima Iqbal. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/SciShow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: http://press.nature.com/?post_type=press_release&p=28241 http://www.nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/nature15707 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/nsfc-rcc102315.php http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/9/e1500863 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma_(cometary)#/media/File:17P-Holmes_Auvergne_2007_11_02.jpg