Hydroxyl Detection, November 1963

First radio astronomy detection of hydrogen-oxygen combination [OH, hydroxyl] in interstellar space was accomplished by four MIT scientists with key support from US Air Force. Left to Right: Dr. Sander Weinreb of Lincoln Laboratory; Professor Alan H. Barrett of the Research Laboratory of Electronics; Dr. M. Littleton Meeks and Mr. John C. Henry of Lincoln Laboratory.

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1963-11-00

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