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TheSmarterDog

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Mon Apr 23, 2018, 09:04 PM Apr 2018

Confirmed: Uranus Smells Like Farts

Following some of our very serious informed speculation, scientists have directly observed a molecule in the planet’s deep atmosphere that confirms Uranus’s stench. That molecule is hydrogen sulfide, and it’s important for more reasons than just determining the planet’s scent.

https://gizmodo.com/stinky-molecules-confirm-uranus-smells-like-farts-1825467106


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Confirmed: Uranus Smells Like Farts (Original Post) TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 OP
Science can be funny as hell. liberal N proud Apr 2018 #1
We should send a probe. cloudbase Apr 2018 #2
Let's use Professor Farnsworth's smelloscope Xipe Totec Apr 2018 #3
The truth comes out MustLoveBeagles Apr 2018 #4
Scientists Say Uranus Really Does Smell Like Rotten Eggs. Here's Why Judi Lynn Apr 2018 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Rainbow Droid Apr 2018 #6

Judi Lynn

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5. Scientists Say Uranus Really Does Smell Like Rotten Eggs. Here's Why
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 12:51 AM
Apr 2018

By ELI MEIXLER 12:23 AM EDT



Uranus seen from its moon Miranda, as depicted by Voyager 2 spacecraft.
 Time Life Pictures—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images



Scientists have determined that the atmosphere above the planet Uranus is full of a gas that makes the distant planet smell like rotten eggs.

A new study, published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy, established the chemical composition of Uranus’ upper cloud deck for the first time.

Using an instrument called the Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer (NIFS) at the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, researchers determined that Uranus’ cloud cover is composed of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas, which is what gives rotten eggs their distinctive, noxious scent.

“If an unfortunate human were ever to descend through Uranus’s clouds, they would be met with very unpleasant and odiferous conditions,” said study co-author Patrick Irwin of the University of Oxford, according to the BBC.

More:
http://time.com/5251988/uranus-hydrogen-sulfide-rotten-eggs-voyager/

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