About this episode

The episode discusses the discovery of sugar in space, specifically the type found in raspberries, and its implications for astronomy.

There's real sugar drifting between the stars, 26,000 light years out, and it's the same kind that turns up in raspberries. Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle on the first true sugar ever found in space. The post Sugar Between the Stars appeared first on StarQuest Media .

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