• Question: what is your favourite thing about Astrochemistry?

    Asked by Emma to Martin M, Katherine on 4 Dec 2024. This question was also asked by jack+rowann.
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      Martin McCoustra answered on 4 Dec 2024:


      Our work focusses on the role of molecules in space and how they are made. One of my favourite results it that work we did on how carbon monoxide molecules deposit on surfaces helps to explain the rate at which new stars form in space.

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