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 diskPerotti et al. (Nature)https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06317-9Cracking the Puzzle of CO2 Formation on Interstellar Ices. Quantum Chemical and Kinetic Study of the CO + OH -> CO2 + H ReactionMolpeceres et al. arXiv (A&A)https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.04088Special 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.