Alcohol cloud is 463 billion kilometers long

[SteppingRazor]

WOOOO!!! PARTY!!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060404/sc_afp/spaceastronomyoffbeat;_ylt=Anti8P1CJGhXlqf8vMs4AcKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-

[meegbear]

1. Holy hangover Batman!

[Warpy]

2. Wrong alcohol

That's wood alcohol and it would make you go blind before it killed you.

[electron_blue]

8. don't worry, plenty of the "right" alcohol is also out there. :p

[Rude Horner]

3. An alcohol cloud!

Pray for rain!!! :toast:

[On the Road]

4. Organic Coumpounds on a Vast Scale §

[mike_c]

5. I find it particularly telling that the author had to include...

...a statement about methanol being unfit for human consumption. Expecially in this context-- the article doesn't say how dense the cloud is, but I'd guess we're talking about something on the order of less the 10³ molecules per m³. Pretty thin drinking....

[MercutioATC]

6. I think it's funny that the article specifically says:

"Methanol, an organic (carbon-based) molecule, is a cousin of ethanol, which is found in alcoholic beverages. Methanol is not suitable for human consumption."

They KNEW that the first think people would think was "PARTY!!!!"

[DUHandle]

7. So that's how the Big Bang got its name.

[kenny blankenship]

9. Hubble captured this image of the monster alcoholic nebula:

[sakabatou]

10. LOL

[eppur_se_muova]

11. Excellent! nt

[eppur_se_muova]

12. Breaking news: Halliburton to enter alternative fuels market

...as soon as they can figure out how to "lose" huge cash transfers from umpteen light-years away.

[Orsino]

13. Just imagine how many lawyers could be shot in the face!

By my calculations, that's approximately ten to the twenty-third attorneys.

[Dead_Parrot]

14. How big is the olive? nt