Tag: Space

M&M's were the first candy to travel to space, aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981, according to the National Air and Space Museum. This marked the beginning of astronauts enjoying treats in microgravity, provided the candies met specific criteria.

Did you know that simple sugar molecules called glycolaldehyde have been discovered in gas clouds around star-forming regions deep in space? The query "how much sugar is in a galaxy?" therefore has two very different—and equally fascinating—answers, depending on whether you're talking about the famous chocolate bar or the cosmic nebula.