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This is probably satire, but in case anyone was wondering how they did figure out the atmosphere (could possibly maybe) smell like pee:
The technique is called "spectroscopy" and, in a nutshell, different elements and compounds absorb light differently, creating an absorption spectrum. Spectrum, spectroscopy. NASA found that the atmosphere was composed of ammonia and water, the two main ingredients in our pee, with ammonia in particular creating the scent. I think it's very cool that, based on the slight differences in light, we can tell what's inside the atmosphere of a planet many (and I mean many) light years away! And one light year is very long indeed, so it's a really big distance for us small humans!
Additionally, a few of the articles I found add the possibility of rain on this exoplanet, which could be detected through how reflective such rain clouds would be! Pretty neat I think, but not so good if you happened to visit a planet that's literally raining wee.
To add, Venus, Earth's sister planet, would have a rotten egg smell due to hydrogen sulfide gas in the atmosphere! You would probably die from high pressures before you can take a whiff though.
If you rode under an inflatable balloon, you could hang out around 54km up in the atmosphere, and be at about the same pressure and temperature as earth.
So riding in a dirigible on Venus would smell like rotten eggs.
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-balloon-mission-that-could-explore-venus-indefinitely