The Big Think: Our Raspberry Universe
What's your favorite flavor? I'm not sure what mine is but raspberry is usually on the list. Flambeed bananas with a raspberry sauce or just picked off the vine...raspberries are delicious.
Now, lets go to the center of our milky way galaxy and taste what scientists have found--ethyl formate. This is a very simple compound composed of 3 carbons, 6 hydrogens and 2 oxygens. These 11 atoms come together to create some of the cosmic dust that lingers in space. But it also is the chemical that is responsible for the flavor of raspberries!! Sugar, by the way (another carbohydrate) is composed of 6 carbon, 12 hydrogen and 6 oxygen atoms.
So...our "milky way" makes way for a few raspberries to create our delicious cosmic delight.
It's a tasty tough, isn't it?