ScienceFour-carbon sugar reportedly detected near the Milky Way’s centre
NatureAsia reports that researchers identified erythrulose, a sugar made of four carbon atoms, in research published in Nature Astronomy.
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NatureAsia reports that erythrulose has been identified in interstellar space near the centre of the Milky Way. Nature Astronomy describes the four-carbon sugar’s detection in an interstellar cloud and says observations and chemical modelling show that it forms efficiently on dust.
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Four-carbon sugar reportedly detected near the Milky Way’s centre
NatureAsia reports that researchers identified erythrulose, a sugar made of four carbon atoms, in research published in Nature Astronomy.