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Scientists Have Brewed a 'Super Alcohol' Theorized to Exist in Deep Space


By recreating extreme conditions found inside deep space interstellar clouds, scientists have produced methanetetrol, or C(OH)4 – a 'super alcohol' that was long theorized about but never actually seen before.

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