Smelly, poisonous molecule may be a sure-fire sign of extraterrestrial life
Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 08:10
in Physics & Chemistry
Phosphine is among the stinkiest, most toxic gases on Earth, found in some of the foulest of places, including penguin dung heaps, the depths of swamps and bogs, and even in the bowels of some badgers and fish. This putrid "swamp gas" is also highly flammable and reactive with particles in our atmosphere.