Astronomers were studying a giant dust cloud in the heart of the Milk Way when they made an unintentional discovery. They were on a quest to find amino acids, the building blocks of life. Instead - oops! - as they sifted through the cosmic matter, they came across ethyl formate, a familiar chemical responsible for the flavor of raspberries. As it happens, ethyl formate is also noteworthy for smelling of rum. It seems that the center of our universe might taste like raspberries and smell like rum. We have got that yummy.

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