Just learned that Arrokoth, the dramatically-named conjoined planetoid in the Kuiper Belt, is COVERED IN SUGAR because METHANOL ICE CAN PRODUCE GLUCOSE AND RIBOSE. Which means the "space snowman" is actually more like - - ThreadSky

lawrence-miles.bsky.social • 7 days ago

Just learned that Arrokoth, the dramatically-named conjoined planetoid in the Kuiper Belt, is COVERED IN SUGAR because METHANOL ICE CAN PRODUCE GLUCOSE AND RIBOSE. Which means the "space snowman" is actually more like -

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