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What does space smell like?

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August 2023

From rum to rotten eggs, Jonathan Powell turns his nose to heaven's scents

- Jonathan Powell

What does space smell like?

From the James Webb Space Telescope's amazing Pillars of Creation photo to the Event Horizon's image of a black hole, we've captured many dramatic and colourful representations of space in a visual sense. We've also captured sounds from space, whether that's the eerie electron 'whistler waves' produced by Earth's Van Allen belts or a meteor's sonic boom as it streaks across the night sky. But what about the smell of space?

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