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Scientists confirm Uranus smells like farts

April 23, 2018

It’s official: Uranus smells like farts. 

This is a real conclusion that real scientists came to. The planet, often the butt of jokes, has an atmosphere that smells like rotting eggs because its clouds are composed of hydrogen sulfide. 

A study published on Monday in Nature Astronomy suggests the presence of the stinky gas in Uranus’ clouds. Scientists have previously inferred that the planet’s atmosphere contained ammonia and hydrogen sulfide based on the lack of certain light wavelength, but it wasn’t directly observed. Using a 26-feet-long telescope at the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii, a team led by Oxford University’s Patrick Irwin studied sunlight refracted off Uranus’ clouds. They spotted hydrogen sulfide.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Scientists confirm Uranus smells like farts

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