NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.

As it cracked open, it revealed yellow crystals of pure sulfur. NASA says it's the strangest find of the entire Curiosity project. The little rover has explored the Gale Crater since 2012.

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.

The rover's latest discoveries, including pure sulfur stones and sprawling mineral "spiderwebs," unravel new mysteries of ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this last look at a field of bright white sulfur stones before leaving Gediz Vallis channel. The field was where the rover made ...

Explore the full scene on YouTube and look for highlights like the rover tracks, the distant crater rim and the channel itself: Curiosity made a surprise discovery of pure sulfur crystals at Gediz ...

2024 and named it ‘Freya Castle’ – NASA / SWNS NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has recently passed through a channel in which pure sulfur rocks litter the ground, and scientists aren’t sure why.

The Mars rover, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has slowly scaled Mount Sharp since 2014. This mountain, ...

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 ...

Sulfur is one of the oldest known acne treatments. Yes, sulfur. The same stuff the flammable ends of matchsticks are made of is also used as an acne treatment. Historically known as brimstone, sulfur ...