Does it smell in space?
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Contrary to the above answers, you could smell in space. However you would need a really strong smell to do so. \n\nUs humans need to draw large amounts of the air that  contains an odour through our nose in order to be able to detectit. Space of course contains no air, so to be able to smell anyhting in space the odour itself would need ot be very concentrated.\n\nBut certainly if I opened a bottle of ammonia 3 inches under your nose in space you would smell it just fine.\n\n>>>>>But in space, there is no atmosphere for them to\n>>>>> disperse in, so there is no way for the "smelly"\n>>>>> particles to diffuse to your nose.\n\nUnless the gravity is EXTREMELY dense , the smell is EXTREMELY faint or the the conditions are EXTREMELY cold those molecules will diffuse faster in space thanon Earth.\n\nAs they are liberated from the source they must have achieved vapourisation temperature. Therefore they already have significant velocity. The odour molecules will be colliding with each other and undergoing all the normal interactions. As they disperse more the velocity will remin unaltered but the movement will become linear rather than random brownian movement as they cease to interact. But that would only make the dispersion faster, not slower.\n\nIf you don't believe me consider this. If you placed a bowl of water on the surface of the moon what would happen?  If lack of an atmoosphere stops volatile molecules from dispersing how does the water evaporate in space? Now what would happen if you placed a small amount of ammonia in that water? If the ammonia molecules are dispersing far enough to allow evaporation then why would they not disperse further?\n\nFor all those who said that you can not smell in space this is the critical quetsion to answer. If you accept that ammonia, chlorine and other odoriferous materials can evaporate in space why dont you also believe they are capable of diffusing?\n\nAnd if you believe they are capable of diffusing why do you believe the ofactory glands couldn't react to them?\n\nAnd if you believe the olfactory glands could react to them wwhy do you believe that the neurons couldn't pass that to the brain?\n_______\n>>>>>This answer more pretains to solid 'smell' particles\n>>>>> rather than 'smelly' gasses.\n\nI'm not quite sure what that means. The only 'solid smell particles' are things like smoke. I'd guess that 99.9% of the odours humans detect are gaseous: perfume, ammonia, body adour, food and so sorth. All are caused by volatile materials, ie they exist as gas when we smell them.\n\nYou are correct that the tiny number of odours actually caused suspended solid particles could not travel readily in a vacuum. But most odours would travel further and faster in a vacuum.
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have you had a good close look at 1 something that looks like that HAS TO SMELL  lol
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There is no oxygen in space, so you couldn't light a match. I bet if you could though, it would burn in a sphere.
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it has gravity indeed, but less than earth\n\n:> peace\n.
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Yes smelling things that aren't there can be a sign, but a very rare one. My husband was just diagnosed with a brain tumor and  had surgery. The only sign he had was that his right side stopped working. No headaches or anything. You can go to hope.abta.org for more info.
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It is all throughout space if it exists.  You can't see it because...well...it is dark ;0)
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Can you think of ANY objects in space?\n\nHow do you suppose they were discovered?\n\nF'r Chrissakes, clearly this is a schoolwork question. DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK! IT'S SUPPOSED TO TEACH YOU, NOT YAHOO ANSWERS VOLUNTEERS, HOW TO DO RESEARCH.\n\nYeesh!
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No, because wind is air, and air is a colorless, odorless gas. Wind itself can only be seen when the air is contaminated, but then you're not seeing the wind, only the contaminants.
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doesyourcomputerhaveaspacebaritmakesthesentencereallyeasiertoreadifyouuseaspaceeverynowandthen
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Actually...the smell you detect is ozone.  Air is ionized with ozone when CO2 (carbon dioxide) loses the carbon molecule (usually related to friction in up and down drafts within a vortex).  The byproduct is O2, or ozone.  You get the same smell when you use an Ionic Breeze air purifier.
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Yes, in the shuttle. But out in space, I believe the vacuum of space would suck the fart out before they got a chance to even think about expelling it. Plus I would think if they were trying to fart in open space, they would have other things to worry about...
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I don't think it smell at all, maybe it is just egg, the smell of raw egg, but i love its smell after beaten ^^
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Yes.  There is a very small amount of matter that enters the atmosphere from space (meteorites), but essentially it is all just being recycled. Some atoms of oxygen you breathe in may have been breathed by a dinosaur, or one of the pharoahs!
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It smells sort of like a skunk. Its a unique smell but skunk odor is probably the closest.
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Smell is not measured.  The chemicals (molecules) that are detected can be measured and identified using instruments like gas chromatographs.\n\nFlowers and many natural smells are composed of large complex molecules which do not travel very far in the air.  Most artificial smells are made from small simple molecules which have a high vapor pressure and travels great distances.\n\nCheck out the references below:
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what kind of question is this? The suns not fat your fat, how do you know if the sun farts? can you smell it?
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I had the honor of escorting some students to space camp. There is something about the Outback in Australia that attracts objects from space. The majority of the exhibits came from there, including what was left of the 1st space lab. Why the attraction I have no idea unless it has something to do with gravitational pull. But the outback is desolate as the deserts here who would notice?