This article mainly reviewed the discovery and the research course of natural phosphine,namely,how phosphine coming into being,and whether phosphine being universal existed gas in natural environment such as in aerosphere,biosphere,hydrosphere.

• 本文主要回顾了自然界中磷化氢的发现和研究进程,即磷化氢产生、磷化氢是否是大气圈、生物圈、水圈等自然环境中普遍存在的气体等方面。