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> cosmic dust and comets smell like farts. Just imagining a kid at a science fair having made that legitimate discovery but being dismissed by teachers
by roryisok 8y ago
> cosmic dust and comets smell like farts.
Just imagining a kid at a science fair having made that legitimate discovery but being dismissed by teachers
- chopin 8y agoMethane is odorless [1]. AFAIK the smell in farts is mercaptanes (thiols, organic sulfur compounds). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane
- dogma1138 8y agoYep but Sulfur compounds are not rare, ammonia, sulfuric acid many other sulfides and non sulfuric complex molecules like formaldehyde exist in space in plenty.