A discovery is shared by the older Curiosity rover NASA, claiming that pure sulfur crystals have manifested themselves on Mars, a first for the space agency and the planet. This specific area is ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover has made an unexpected discovery that one scientist likened to finding an “oasis in the desert.” On May 30, Curiosity traversed the Gediz Vallis channel and drove over a rock ...

NASA scientists say pure sulfur has been found on Mars for the first time after the Curiosity rover inadvertently uncovered a cluster of yellow crystals when it drove over a rock. And it looks like ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. A close-up photo taken by the Curiosity rover shows pure yellow sulfur ...

Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal something never seen before on the Red Planet: a treasure chest, or geologically ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has rolled into a fresh patch of Martian terrain and cracked open a rock that should not exist there, at least not according to the planet’s standard playbook. Inside, the rover ...

NASA announced this week that rocks made of pure sulfur have been discovered on the Red Planet. The yellow sulfur crystals in a pure form have never been seen before on Mars. Earlier findings have ...

Earlier this year, the Curiosity Rover accidentally rolled over a rock on Mars. As it cracked open, it revealed yellow crystals of pure sulfur. NASA says it's the strangest find of the entire ...

Yellow sulfur crystals captured by a camera onboard the Curiosity Rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover ran over a rock, which cracked open to reveal pure sulfur crystals.