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December 2024 - Merry Christmas from Garching

Season 2024, Ep. 12

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of December 2024.

 

Guests this month are Paola Caselli and Chiara Schleif.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Paola Caselli)

15:12 - Advert: Midnight Manny’s Confetti Disposal Service

16:24 - Grab & Go Papers

29:40 - Advert: Starducks’ Resolution Roast

30:47 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Chiara Schleif)

39:53 - Percolator: The Discovery of H 21cm Line

50:18 - Chalkboard

 

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.


The history of the 21 cm detection of hydrogen in space.


Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.

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