Giant clouds discovered in space alcohol

A photo from open sources In the depths of space at a distance of about 6500 light years from Earth there is a giant cloud of alcohol. It located in the area known as W3 (OH). In the cloud, mostly methanol, not suitable for drinking, but also present in it some ethyl alcohol (drinking), writes InFuture.ru. It may seem unusual that in space “cloudy” alcohol clouds, however, scientists explain that in outer space is going on a lot of complex chemical reactions between molecular clouds and dust, which means they can various chemical compounds appear. Alcohol molecule relatively simple, it is formed from fairly common elements (hydrogen, carbon, oxygen), therefore it is not surprising that in space there is such a quantity. It is also believed that adding a small amount of energy to a mixture of many such simple molecules can lead to stimulated emission light known as the astrophysical maser.