WASHINGTON, July 19 — RIA Novosti. NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered crystals of pure sulfur on Mars, the US space agency reported.
“For the first time, a Mars rover has discovered crystals of pure sulfur on the Red Planet,” NASA reported on the social network X. The discovery was made back in May, when scientists came across a rock split by the rover, which turned out to be bright yellow inside.
NASA clarified that although the presence of minerals containing sulfur on Mars has been known for a long time, this is the first time it has been possible to detect it in its pure form.
As NASA noted, “pure sulfur forms only under certain conditions that scientists have not associated with the history of the site where it was discovered.” “Finding an entire field of rocks made of pure sulfur is like finding an oasis in the desert, now we have to explain it,” Curiosity mission scientist Ashwin Vasavada said in connection with the discovery.
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