Astrochem Coffee
A monthly stroll through the latest discoveries in astrochemistry - the study of molecules in space: where they are, how they got there, and what they are doing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
October 2025 - What's That Noise?
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of October 2025.
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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...
September 2025 - Open Data Live From Green Bank
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:
August 2025 - AstrochemCoffee Begins its Terrible Twos!
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://ar...
July 2025 - Carbon and Oxygen Grapple for Supremacy
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 ou...
2025 Summer Holidays
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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 2025 - Would you like some ice with that?
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 ar...
May 2025 - Sens-oars
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 ar...
April 2025 - Sulfur Here, Sulfur There, Sulfur Everywhere!
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...
March 2025 - Apparently Nobel Prizes are Hereditary?
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 th...
February 2025 - If I Had a Nickel for Every Cyanate Ion
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 ou...
January 2025 - It's a Sulfurous Universe, Man
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 webs...
December 2024 - Merry Christmas from Garching
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...
November 2024 - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
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 S...
October 2024 - Dusty Snowballs
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...
September 2024 - Isotopes, Isotopes Everywhere
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 ar...
August 2024
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 Tumbl...
July 2024
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 c...
June 2024
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 Pos...
May 2024
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...
April 2024
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/S0...
March 2024
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+
Cam...
February 2024
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
Cami et al. 2010: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu...January 2024
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.
Zuckerman et al. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975ApJ...196L..99Z/abstractMcGovern et al. htt...December 2023
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 ba...
November 2023
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 t...
October 2023
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...
September 2023
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...
August 2023
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 + O...
