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These yellow crystals on Mars were exposed after the Curiosity rover drove over a rock in May 2024, breaking it open. The crystals are made of pure elemental sulfur, something that has never been ...

A strange yellow glow was discovered due to curiosity. Since the year 2012, NASA’s Curiosity Rover has been specifically set to make discoveries about Mars; however, this recent one caught the ...

Elemental sulfur had never been seen on Mars Curiosity's discovery opens up a new avenue of research on Mars, as this elemental form has never been found on the planet before.

The Curiosity rover accidentally split one of the rocks on Mars, releasing yellow crystals of pure sulfur. Although sulfates are not uncommon on the Red Planet, this is the first time pure sulfur has ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chris Wright, University of Washington (THE CONVERSATION) If you look at a map of ...

The sulfur stones, first discovered by Curiosity this past summer, have fascinated and puzzled scientists. When the Rover crushed one of the stones, it revealed yellow crystals inside, prompting ...

At its most recent site, known as Gediz Vallis, the rover literally stumbled upon pure sulfur, its wheels crushing the material to expose a bed of yellow crystals. It turns out there was a whole ...

Yellow crystals of pure sulfur appear inside a Martian rock accidentally crushed by NASA's Curiosity rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. On May 30, while Curiosity was exploring Gediz Vallis Channel ...

Finding pure sulfur on May 30, for instance, ... Still, Fraeman, who got the honor of naming the crushed yellow crystals Convict Lake after a landmark in the Sierra Nevada mountains, ...

Within the rock were yellow sulfur crystals, which definitely came as a surprise. The sulfur within the rock isn't a sulfate — a salt that contains sulfur — it's pure elemental sulfur.