Talk:Smell-O-Scope
Revision as of 03:22, 7 February 2011 by 68.184.206.232 (talk) (Smelloscope not as much of a joke - Space does Smell (well, sort of) !!)
Apparently, the "smelloscope" wasn't as far off as one might think: Although we really can't smell without the presence of an atmosphere of some sort, the February 2011 Popular Science has an article by Lizzie Schiffman entitled "What Does Space Smell Like?" -- apparently it smells like burnt stuff - due to the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from novae and supernovae.