A lucky break revealed a surprise inside a martian rock

NASA’s Curiosity Rover has made an unexpected discovery that one scientist likened to finding an “oasis in the desert.” On May 30, Curiosity traversed the Gediz Vallis channel and drove over a rock that split open to reveal pure yellow sulfur crystals. These crystals, according to a NASA press release, are a first for theContinue reading “A lucky break revealed a surprise inside a martian rock”
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