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July 202406 Aug 202401:07:56

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

 

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire, Ilsa Cooke, and Alex Byrne with special guests Jessica Perrero, Divita Gupta, and Théo Guillame.

 

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


Jessica's Paper: Binding energies of ethanol and ethylamine on interstellar water ices: synergy between theory and experiments

https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16952


Chemical Kinetics Papers from Divita and Théo:

Product-specific reaction kinetics in continuous uniform supersonic flows probed by chirped-pulse microwave spectroscopy

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/article/160/20/204201/3295294/Product-specific-reaction-kinetics-in-continuous


Design and Implementation of a New Apparatus for Astrochemistry: Kinetic Measurements of the CH + OCS Reaction and Frequency Comb Spectroscopy in a Cold Uniform Supersonic Flow

https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18814


The History of Cavity-Enhanced Fourier-Transform Microwave Spectroscopy in this month's Percolator and Barista Bootcamp.


Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.


Interstitial clips feature audio from the French Chef.

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June 202402 Jul 202400:57:36

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

 

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke, with special guests Albert Rimola and Will Styers.

 

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


Albert's Quantum Grain Website: https://www.quantumgrain.eu/


Will's Paper on 3-Furonitrile: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpca.4c03093

 

The History of Cosmic Rays in this month's Percolator.


Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.


Special thanks this month to David Neufeld for the impetus to look into the history of cosmic rays.

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September 202307 Oct 202300:53:23

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of September 2023, recorded live at the Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, WV.


Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke.


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


Our Double Shot features two more in-depth recaps of papers from this last month:


First Glycine Isomer Detected in the Interstellar Medium: Glycolamide (NH2COCH2OH)

Rivilla et al.  2023 ApJL 953, L20

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ace977


Formation of the Methyl Cation by Photochemistry in a Protoplanetary Disk

Berné et al. 2023 Nature 621, 56

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06307-x


We have an interview with Green Bank Observatory Scientist Will Armentrout about the 20-m telescope on site and how you can use it for science or education.


Finally, we take a look back at the first interstellar detection of methanol this month.


Check out the ACS Astrocheminar Webseries, restarting this fall (http://astro.phys-acs.org/AstroCheminar.html).


Visit Green Bank for a wonderful tourist experience (https://greenbankobservatory.org/visit/) or propose to use their Open Skies telescopes (https://greenbankobservatory.org/science/gbt-observers/proposals/)


Special thanks to the Green Bank Observatory Staff this month and to Haley Scolati, for provided a Grab & Go summary of her recently published article.

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August 202304 Sep 202300:31:37

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2023.


We've got 14 Grab & Go summaries for you this week (full list on our website: coffee.astrochem.net).


Our Double Shot features two more in-depth recaps of papers from this last month:


Water in the terrestrial planet-forming zone of the PDS 70 disk

Perotti et al. (Nature)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06317-9


Cracking the Puzzle of CO2 Formation on Interstellar Ices. Quantum Chemical and Kinetic Study of the CO + OH -> CO2 + H Reaction

Molpeceres et al. arXiv (A&A)

https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.04088


Special thanks to Giulia Perotti and Thanja Lamberts for authoring these summaries.


Finally, we take a look back at the first interstellar detection of formaldehyde (H2CO), the precedents it established that we still use today, and the press stories that surrounded it.

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May 202405 Jun 202401:08:03

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

 

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke, with special guests Rebecca Firth and Harshal Gupta.

 

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


Rebecca's Paper on AlO, AlOH, and Al(OH)3: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00335


Harshal's paper on the laboratory spectroscopy and astronomical discovery of CaC2: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad3336 

 

Barista Bootcamp on Cosmic Rays this month!


Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.


Special thanks this month to ChatGPT. Interstitial clips feature audio from the movie Thor and from the French Chef.

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April 202405 May 202401:16:24

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

 

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke, with special guests Adam Ginsburg and Bryan Changala.

 

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


Adam's paper on the discovery of the MUBLO: https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07808

Adam's Research Website: https://www.adamgginsburg.com/


Bryan's Paper on the laboratory spectroscopy of MgC4H and MgC3N: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022285224000316?dgcid=rss_sd_all

 

In the French Press, we took a look back at the earliest identification of VY Canis Majoris.

Jerome Lalande Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Lalande

Histoire Celeste Francaise Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_c%C3%A9leste_fran%C3%A7aise

 

Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.


Special thanks this month to ChatGPT. An interstitial clip features audio from the movie Thor.

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March 202405 Apr 202401:06:17

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

 

Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Cecilia Ceccarelli and Zach Fried.

 

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Curated and summarized for you in part this month by Alex Byrne.


Zach's Methoxyethanol Detection Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17341

 

In the Percolator, we take a look back at the first assignment of a carrier of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands: C60+

Campbell et al. 2015: http://www.nature.com/articles/nature14566

 

Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.


Special thanks this month to ChatGPT and our talented voice cast of Rebecca Charbonneau, Camille Lipnicky, and Andy Lipnicky.

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February 202406 Mar 202401:01:00

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

 

Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Todd Hunter and Martin Cordiner.

 

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


Cole's ALMA 10 Yrs Poster: https://zenodo.org/records/10246916

 

In the Percolator, we take a look back at the detection of ethanol in space for the first time.

First Detection of C60 in Space

First Detection of C60 in the Lab

Kroto et al. 1985: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985Natur.318..162K

 

Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.


Special thanks this month to ChatGPT!

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January 202404 Feb 202400:47:47

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

 

Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Cole Wampler and Stefanie Milam.

 

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


Cole's ALMA 10 Yrs Poster: https://zenodo.org/records/10250161

 

In the Percolator, we take a look back at the detection of ethanol in space for the first time.

 

Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.


Special thanks this month to ChatGPT and Booze.

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December 202301 Jan 202400:58:29

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of December 2023.

 

Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Abby Waggoner and Moungi Bawendi.

 

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

 

Our espresso machine is down, so we’ve got single-origin brew for you rather than a double shot: 2023 Nobel Laureate Moungi Bawendi


Moungi's Nobel Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUmnviaMkrw

 

In the new Barista Bootcamp, we learn the basic recipe for SiO production in Shocks.

 

Chalkboard this month has Awards, Open Positions, and Conferences.


Special thanks this month to Adam Ginsburg.

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November 202302 Dec 202300:57:40

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of November 2023.

 

Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Jenny Bergner and Tom Millar.

 

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

 

Our espresso machine is down, so we’ve got single-origin brew for you rather than a double shot:

 

The UMIST Database for Astrochemistry 2022

Millar et al. arXiv

https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.03936

 

Our percolator brought us up to speed on the journey to the discovery of interstellar H3+.

 

Chalkboard this month has Awards, Open Positions, and Conferences.


Special thanks this month to Camille Lipnicky and Andy Lipnicky.

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October 202304 Nov 202300:38:32

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of October 2023.

 

Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Thanja Lamberts and Brandt Gaches.

 

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

 

Our espresso machine is down, so we’ve got single-origin brew for you rather than a double shot:

 

The Astrochemistry Low-energy Electron Cross-Section (ALeCS) database I. Semi-empirical electron-impact ionization cross-section calculations and ionization rates

Gaches et al. arXiv

https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.10739

https://alecs.brandt-gaches.space/

https://github.com/AstroBrandt/ALeCS

 

Our percolator also acted up a bit this month, and is giving us a look back at the first detections of interstellar molecules in space at all … viewed through the lens of newspaper articles from the years 1937-1941.

 

Check out the ACS Astrocheminar Webseries, restarting this fall (http://astro.phys-acs.org/AstroCheminar.html).

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August 202408 Sep 202401:02:39

It's our 1 year anniversary, and of course our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2024.

 

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire, Thanja Lamberts, and Alex Byrne with special guests Floris van der Tak, Maëva Louis, Arun Subramani, Tobias Dijkhuis, Adibah Nur Zainol Abidin, Vincent Esposito, and Valentine Wakelam.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:39 - Coffee Chat (Thanja with Floris van der Tak, Maëva Louis, Arun Subramani, Tobias Dijkhuis, Adibah Nur Zainol Abidin, and Vincent Esposito)

20:19 - Advert: SipTek Fire & Ice Tumbler

21:44 - Grab & Go Papers

34:05 - Advert: Starducks Caprese Panini

35:23 - Single-Origin Brew (Alex with Valentine Wakelam)

53:27 - Percolator: Amino Acids in Meteorites

59:49 - Chalkboard

 

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


The History of Amino Acid detections in meteorites in this month's Percolator.


Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.

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September 2024 - Isotopes, Isotopes Everywhere08 Oct 202401:07:40

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

 

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke with special guest Samantha Scibelli.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:48 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Ilsa)

20:10 - Advert: Starducks Sweet Potato Hand Pies

21:26 - Grab & Go Papers

34:20 - Advert: LeafCrusher 3000

35:55 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Samantha Scibelli)

55:40 - Percolator: Amino Acids in Meteorites

1:01:30 - Chalkboard

 

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


The History of Amino Acid detections in meteorites in this month's Percolator.


Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.

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October 2024 - Dusty Snowballs01 Nov 202401:19:14

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

 

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Divita Gupta with special guests Sommer Johansen and Gabi Wenzel.


Sommer's Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00120


Gabi's Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq6391


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:44 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Sommer)

19:47 - Advert: Starducks Turducken Latte

20:58 - Grab & Go Papers

35:28 - Advert: Leaf Me Alone Autumn Parasol

36:52 - Single-Origin Brew (Divita with Gabi Wenzel)

1:05:35 - Percolator: Amino Acids in Comets

1:16:55 - Chalkboard

 

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


The History of Amino Acid detections in comets in this month's Percolator.


Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.

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November 2024 - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow02 Dec 202401:09:13

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

 

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Divita Gupta with special guests Ilse Cleeves and Shreya Kakkenpara Suresh.


Shreya's Paper: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/02/aa45775-22/aa45775-22.html


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:40 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Ilse Cleeves)

16:23 - Advert: Perky Pilgrim Gobble-Gobble Grind

17:24 - Grab & Go Papers

33:46 - Advert: Pilgrim Pete's Pumpkin Catapults

35:24 - Single-Origin Brew (Divita with Shreya Kakkenpara Sursesh)

52:40 - Barista Bootcamp: Protoplanetary Disks

1:02:30 - Chalkboard

 

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


The basics of protoplanetary disks in the Barista Bootcamp.


Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.

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December 2024 - Merry Christmas from Garching04 Jan 202500:53:25

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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January 2025 - It's a Sulfurous Universe, Man08 Feb 202500:57:30

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of January 2025.

 

Guests this month are Laura Busch and Rachel Gross.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:17 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Laura Busch)

8:43 - Advert: Valentine's Day at Starducks

9:49 - Grab & Go Papers

25:43 - Advert: Idiorama’s Snowomatic 5000

26:59 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Rachel Gross)

42:06 - Percolator: The Discovery of Interstellar Deuterium

51:33 - Chalkboard

 

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


Rachel's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.06156


Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.

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February 2025 - If I Had a Nickel for Every Cyanate Ion08 Mar 202500:54:54

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of February 2025.

 

Guests this month are Sean Dougherty and Karina Sogomonyan.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:21 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Sean Dougherty)

12:13 - Advert: Ides of March at Starducks

13:29 - Grab & Go Papers

29:18 - Advert: Prunus Maximus 3000

31:12 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Karina Sogomonyan)

45:04 - Barista Bootcamp: D/H Ratios and Temperature

52:27 - Chalkboard

 

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


Karina's Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00387


Chalkboard this month has Conferences.

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March 2025 - Apparently Nobel Prizes are Hereditary? 08 Apr 202501:02:02

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of March 2025.

 

Guests this month are Munan Gong and Wonju Kim. Divita Gupta co-hosts.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:11 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Munan Gong)

9:29 - Advert: Easter at Starducks

10:25 - Grab & Go Papers

28:05 - Advert: BasketBamboozler 3000

30:15 - Single-Origin Brew (Divita Gupta with Wonju Kim)

47:19 - Percolator: The first detection of a molecule in another galaxy

56:05 - Chalkboard

 

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


Wonju's Paper: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/02/aa51998-24/aa51998-24.html


Percolator Paper: https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1971ApJ...167L..47W


Chalkboard this month has Jobs + Conferences.

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May 2025 - Sens-oars02 Jun 202501:29:13

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of May 2025.

 

Guests this month are Ugo Jacovella and Marten Raaphorst. Alex Byrne and Divita Gupta co-host.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:37 - Coffee Chat: Divita Gupta + Ugo Jacovella

19:34 - Advert: Solar Sips from Starducks

21:36 - Grab & Go Papers

40:28 - Advert: Sprout-Slinger 360

42:08 - Single-Origin Brew: Alex Byrne + Marten Raaphorst

1:02:00 - Special: AI Podcast Discussion

1:27:00 - Chalkboard

 

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


Ugo's Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00323


Marten's Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.5c0002


Chalkboard this month has Conferences.

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April 2025 - Sulfur Here, Sulfur There, Sulfur Everywhere!04 May 202501:09:25

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of April 2025.

 

Guests this month are Julia Santos and Hayley Bunn. Alex Byrne and Divita Gupta co-host.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:36 - Advert: Mother's Day at Starducks

3:05 - Grab & Go Papers

20:55 - Advert: The Multi Matic

22:49 - Double Shot (Alex Byrne + Julia Santos, Divita Gupta with Hayley Bunn)

54:47 - Percolator: The discovery of exoplanets and our ability to probe their atmospheres

1:04:05 - Chalkboard

 

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


Julia's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14010


Hayley's Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/adacea/meta


Chalkboard this month has Jobs + Conferences.

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June 2025 - Would you like some ice with that?06 Jul 202500:55:55

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of June 2025.

 

Guests this month are Izaskun Jimenez-Serra and Bernadette Broderick. Franciele Kruczkiewicz and Gabi Wenzel co-host.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:37 - Coffee Chat: Franciele + Izaskun

19:34 - Advert: Celestial Cold Brew from Starducks

21:36 - Grab & Go Papers

40:28 - Advert: AstroSnipper 3000

42:08 - Single-Origin Brew: Gabi Wenzel + Bernadette Broderick

1:02:00 - Barista Bootcamp: Desorption from ices

1:27:00 - Chalkboard

 

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


Izaskun's Paper: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2025/03/aa52389-24/aa52389-24.html


Bernadette's Website: https://brodericklab.org/

Bernadette's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.09888


Chalkboard this month has Jobs and Conferences.

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2025 Summer Holidays30 Jul 202500:00:45
Hello Everyone! Just a quick note here to let you all know that Astrochem Coffee for July of this year will be delayed just a bit due to summer holidays (the Dougs have collectively decided to take a vacation to Menorca for the next couple of weeks). This month's episode will come out mid-August, and then we'll back to regularly scheduled episode drops in early September. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer holidays as well.

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July 2025 - Carbon and Oxygen Grapple for Supremacy17 Aug 202501:03:08

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of July 2025.

 

Guests this month are Becky Rapf and Stephen Kocheril. Ilsa Cooke co-hosts.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:19 - Coffee Chat: Becky + Brett

12:20 - Advert: Nebula Freeze from Starducks

13:21 - Grab & Go Papers

32:47 - Advert: Solar Eclipse Grilling

33:39 - Single-Origin Brew: Ilsa Cooke + Stephen Kocheril

54:14 - Percolator: The first interstellar comet

1:01 - Chalkboard

 

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


Stephen's Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02504-y


Chalkboard this month has Jobs, but nothing new.

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August 2025 - AstrochemCoffee Begins its Terrible Twos!07 Sep 202501:01:38

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2025.

 

Guests this month are Jenny Calahan and Martin Cordiner. Gabi Wenzel co-hosts.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:37 - Coffee Chat: Gabi + Jenny

16:25 - Advert: Last Rays Latte from Starducks

17:25 - Grab & Go Papers

30:29 - Advert: SunSlinger

31:45 - Single-Origin Brew: Martin + Brett

59:40 - Chalkboard

 

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


Jenny's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06613

Martin's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18209


Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences.

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September 2025 - Open Data Live From Green Bank08 Oct 202501:03:15

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of September 2025.

 

Ilsa Cooke co-hosts.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:19 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Ilsa

38:22 - Advert: Fall Flavors at Starducks

39:19 - Grab & Go Papers

51:31 - Advert: LeafBeGone 3000

52:28 - Percolator: Publicly Available Datasets

58:51 - Chalkboard

 

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


Papers and Links from the Percolator:



Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences.

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October 2025 - What's That Noise?10 Nov 202500:53:35

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of October 2025.


Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social

 

Special guests Patrick Sheehan and Jane Huang.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

2:18 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Patrick

13:12 - Advert: Thanksgiving at Starducks

14:27 - Grab & Go Papers

27:16 - Advert: GobbleStopper

28:21 - Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Jane

41:20 - Percolator: Publicly Available Datasets

49:19 - Chalkboard

 

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


Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences.

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November 2025 - How Old Did You Say You Were?13 Dec 202500:59:15

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of November 2025. Gabi Wenzel co-hosts!


Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social

 

Special guests Alana Nisperos and Elettra Piacentino.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:35 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Alana

10:30 - Advert: Hot Drinks at Starducks

11:36 - Grab & Go Papers

26:10 - Advert: TangleTamer

27:14 - Single-Origin Brew: Gabi + Elettra

39:57 - Percolator: How old is astrochemistry?

52:03 - Chalkboard


Elettra's paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09797v1

 

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December 2025 - Surprise! Four New Telescopes!15 Jan 202600:40:47

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of December 2025.


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Special guests Brenne Gregory and Suchitra Narayanan.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:32 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Brenne

7:42 - Advert: January Drinks at Starducks

8:44 - Grab & Go Papers

20:44 - Advert: ResolutionKeeper

21:44 - Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Suchitra

29:48 - Percolator: New Telescopes!

35:00 - Chalkboard

 

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January 2026 - History, Huh?09 Feb 202600:56:44

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of January 2026.


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Special guests Ken Kellerman and Rebecca Charbonneau.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

0:59 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Ken

7:45 - Advert: February Drinks at Starducks

8:45 - Grab & Go Papers

23:11 - Advert: HeartHelper

24:04 - Percolated Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Rebecca

53:41 - Chalkboard

 

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February 2026 - Anyone Fancy a Space Soda?11 Mar 202600:55:41

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of February 2026.


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Special guests Ken Kellerman and Miguel Sanz-Novo with co-host Alana Nisperos.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:12 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Ken

6:38 - Advert: March Drinks at Starducks

7:43 - Grab & Go Papers

24:08 - Advert: ForecastFooler

25:11 - Single-Origin Brew: Alana + Miguel

40:45 - Barista Bootcamp: Optical Depth

53:11 - Chalkboard


Miguel's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07365


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March 2026 - Dude, That Thing is SO OLD08 Apr 202601:06:20

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of March 2026.


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Special guests Sergio Ioppolo and Ryan Fortenberry.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Sergio

10:16 - Advert: April Drinks at Starducks

11:17 - Grab & Go Papers

26:16 - Advert: BunnyBouncer 3000

27:20 - Percolated Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Ryan

1:02:00 - Chalkboard


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


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April 2026 - Wait, We're How Far Away?14 May 202600:59:47

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of April 2026.


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Alex Byrne co-hosts. Special guests Jenny Bergner, Tobias Dijkhuis, and Stefanie Milam.


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:41 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Jenny

8:31 - Advert: May Drinks at Starducks

9:19 - Grab & Go Papers

26:09 - Advert: GrillGuard 360

27:16 - Single-Origin Brew: Alex + Tobias

47:27 - Percolator: Brett + Stefanie

57:44 - Chalkboard


Jenny's Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae5961

Tobias's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01042

Stefanie's Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/497123


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May 2026 - A Percolating Holiday18 Jun 202600:39:10

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of May 2026.


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Special guests Zak Smith and Alfred Hopkinson. The Percolator is on holiday!


Timestamps


0:00 - Intro

1:13 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Zak

11:03 - Advert: June Drinks at Starducks

12:05 - Grab & Go Papers

26:48 - Advert: ShadeMatic

28:34 - Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Alfred

36:47 - Chalkboard


Alfred's Paper: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02765-7


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