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

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. A close-up photo taken by the Curiosity rover shows pure yellow sulfur crystals within a rock. NASA’s Curiosity rover ran over a rock ...

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"Finding a field of stones made of pure sulfur is like finding an oasis in the desert," said Curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada in a NASA statement at the time. "It shouldn't be there ...

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Sulfur is another element. It contains only sulfur atoms, and nothing else, so it is pure. When we mix two different pure substances together, like this, it’s a mixture. This is now a mixture of ...