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Jul 18, 2024

NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian rock

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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: yellow sulfur crystals.

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  1. Arthur Bronson says:
    July 23, 2024 at 5:00 pm

    What is the significance of Sulfur on the planet Mars?

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    1. Eric Klien says:
      August 22, 2024 at 4:32 am

      Some microorganisms on Earth use sulfur in their metabolic processes. The presence of sulfur compounds on Mars could have supported similar life forms if they ever existed.

      Also, sulfur-bearing minerals, especially sulfates, are often formed in the presence of water. Their presence on Mars suggests past aqueous environments.

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  2. Roy Jackson says:
    July 23, 2024 at 8:23 pm

    Sulphur deposits on Mars?! Well, NOW we know where Captain Kirk learned to make gunpowder!

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