Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

The International Space Station.

A comet.

The Moon.

They all sport distinctive odors.

The scent of science off Earth is the topic of a new video produced by Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly magazine of the American Chemical Society.

A spew of phew. What’s the smell of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko?
Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0.

In episode 15 of Speaking of Chemistry, host Matt Davenport sticks his nose into the science behind astronomical aromas and celestial body odors.

Go to the video at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxi1I8WNrGY

For related information, also go to:

http://www.space.com/26932-moon-smell-apollo-lunar-aroma.html

and

http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i44/Fireworks-Fashion-Extraterrestrial-Smells.html