This time, it has come through an unintentional clash between the Curiosity Rover and a Martian rock in the Gediz Vallis ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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.

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.