March 4, 2015

Video: What does space smell like?

Credit: The American Chemical Society

You can see it through a telescope, or watch a documentary about it, but you can't stick your nose out and take a whiff.

Speaking of Chemistry returns this week to answer the very important question, "What does space smell like?" Matt Davenport, Ph.D., reveals the stinky secrets of the cosmos from the people who have been there.

Check it out:

Provided by American Chemical Society

Video: What does space smell like?

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