The Milky Way Is Hiding a Massive Alcohol Cloud!A 463 Billion KM Cloud

Added: 2026-04-28

[00:00:00]Deep in the center of our galaxy, there is a cloud that is 463 billion kilometers wide, but it's not made of gas or dust. It's made of enough alcohol to fill 400 trillion trillion pints of beer. Meet Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud located 26,000 light-years [music] away. It contains billions of liters of ethyl formate, the chemical behind raspberry flavor and rum aroma. If you could travel there, the center of our galaxy would smell like fresh [music] raspberries and rum. It's basically a cosmic distillery floating in the middle of the Milky Way, >> [music] >> but it's not just for parties. These complex organic molecules are the building blocks of life.

[00:00:37]>> [music] >> Finding alcohol in space shows the ingredients for life are scattered everywhere, even in the strangest places. Would you visit the galaxy's bar? Drop your favorite drink in the comments and subscribe for more drunk space facts.