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

I wish NASA wouldn't use clickbait headlines :/ "Curiosity rover discovers sulfur crystals in Martian rock" would be nice.

I have a hunch this valley is hiding many more geological secrets. If you look at the map, Curiosity is finally arriving at the more interesting bits of Mt. Sharp.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;science.nasa.gov&#x2F;mission&#x2F;msl-curiosity&#x2F;location-map&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;science.nasa.gov&#x2F;mission&#x2F;msl-curiosity&#x2F;location-map&#x2F;</a>

&gt; yellow crystals were revealed after NASA’s Curiosity happened to drive over a rock and crack it open on May 30. Using an instrument on the rover’s arm, scientists later determined these crystals are elemental sulfur — and it’s the first time this kind of sulfur has been found on the Red Planet

It&#x27;s cool how some minerals are just lying out in the open on Mars. On Earth this would have been washed away or buried under the soil.

Check out Mars Guy <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtube.com&#x2F;@marsguy?si=AFAci3mConZv1L5-" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtube.com&#x2F;@marsguy?si=AFAci3mConZv1L5-</a> Dr. Steve Ruff. Excellent videos from an expert, but one terrific thing is the use of common objects (like mars guy cutout) that gives you some better perspective on the images.

between this and the iron nuggets sitting out in the open on Mars,..No Mans Sky is more realistic than i thought.

They could&#x27;ve gotten more mileage out of a headline like &quot;Was an alien crystalline life form just discovered, or...!?&quot;

When we figure out how this formed, I wonder if that will have any impact on the feasibility of sulfur based lifeforms?

I would rather know why water on mars evaporated and if there was life on mars when there was water on mars

Must have come from Io. Lots of sulfur volcanos there.

Found the Martian hellmouth. ;)

what&#x27;s that perfect white circle in the bottom left

oh boo, it wasn&#x27;t part of a soviet probe :( :D

So martians are into rock n roll huh? :o)

Tl,dr: not a furby

&gt; “It shouldn’t be there.”<p>What hubris. “We didn’t expect it to be there,” or similar would be more appropriate. I really would like to see more uncertainty and humility from scientists that base their work on theory.