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Scientists nicknamed the 5-inch sample of yellow sulfur crystals "Convict Lake" after a lake in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, according to NASA. Curiosity snapped photos of the piece of ...

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.

In this region, the Mars Curiosity rover imaged a field of various pure sulfur stones and drilled its 41st rock sample. Up Next Previous. Next. Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System.

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.

Pure sulfur, on the other hand, only forms under a very narrow set of conditions, which are not known to have occurred in the region of Mars where Curiosity made its discovery.

Curiosity, NASA's Mars rover, accidentally cracked open a seemingly ordinary rock, revealing an unexpected yellow substance ...

The discovery marks the first time pure sulfur has been found on the planet. advertisement. PCMag. Curiosity Rover Discovers Sulfur Crystals in Martian Rock. Story by Emily Price • 10mo.

The yellow sulfur crystals in a pure form have never been seen before on Mars. Earlier findings have been sulfur-based minerals, or a mixture of sulfur and other materials, according to NASA.

Pure sulfur is tasteless and odorless, and it’s naturally found in volcanic regions as a result of the oxidation of hydrogen-sulfide. But this particular region that Curiosity has been exploring ...

The latest discovery by the 12-year-old rover was pure sulfur crystals hidden in the Gediz Vallis, with the area filled with it, and researchers looking to uncover more of what it means.

Pure sulfur, on the other hand, only forms under a very narrow set of conditions, which are not known to have occurred in the region of Mars where Curiosity made its discovery.