Scientists have identified alcohol and sugar molecules on the Lovejoy Comet.

Ethyl alcohol and a simple sugar called glycolaldehyde were detected on the comet, believed to be part of the rocky material from which planets are formed.

The research was done using a 30-metre long telescope at the Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique in Sierra Nevada, Spain earlier this year.

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-24/sugar-alcohol-on-comet-lovejoy/6881794