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Space Grease

2018-06-29 18:23:34.326923+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Royal Astronomical Society: Grease in space:

“Combining our lab results with observations from astronomical observatories allows us to measure the amount of aliphatic carbon between us and the stars”, explained Professor Tim Schmidt, from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science in the School of Chemistry at UNSW Sydney.

As the Sensible Endowment folks observed, there's oil in space... which explains the calls for Space Force.

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