• Caused by flipping electron spin states | 'forbidden transition' - takes a long time for any one atom - But there's lots of hydrogen! | Used to map hydrogen distribution throughout the galaxy

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1. • Caused by flipping electron spin states | 'forbidden transition' - takes a long time for any one atom
- But there's lots of hydrogen! | Used to map hydrogen distribution throughout the galaxy