This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals, the first seen on the Red Planet. The crystals were found after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover passed over and crushed a rock on May 30, 2024. Several days later, Curiosity used a camera on the end of its robotic arm to take this image. A recent paper
This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals, the first seen on the Red Planet. The crystals were found after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover passed over and crushed a rock on May 30, 2024. Several days later, Curiosity used a camera on the end of its robotic arm to take this image.
A recent paper in Science suggests that sulfur formed when magma far below the surface released fluids or gases that deposited sulfur on the surface of the Red Planet about 3 billion years ago.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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