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"Happy Hour" has come to space.
23 October 2015
By
Ellie Zolfagharifard
Comet Lovejoy (click here) is living up to its name by releasing large amounts of alcohol and sugar into space.
The discovery marks the first time ethyl alcohol - the same type that you might find in a Martini - has been seen in a comet.
It adds to evidence that comets could have been a source of the complex molecules necessary for the emergence of life on Earth....
