NASA's Curiosity rover uncovers rare sulphur stones on Mars

NASA Curiosity Shares Stunning 360 View of Mars With Strange White Rocks
The rover's latest discoveries, including pure sulfur stones and sprawling mineral "spiderwebs," unravel new mysteries of Mars' watery past.
NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones
The Mars rover, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has slowly scaled Mount Sharp since 2014. This mountain, officially monikered "Aeolis Mons," was discovered in the 1970s; cut into its alien landscape is the boulder-packed Gediz Vallis channel, which some scientists believe to be an ancient river bed.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Uncovers Pure Sulfur Crystals on Mars in Historic Discovery
NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock. This finding is considered a significant scientific breakthrough, as pure sulfur had never been detected on Mars before.
NASA's Curiosity rover heads to new puzzling Martian destination
After a year of exploring a mysterious valley on Mars, NASA's intrepid Curiosity rover is headed to a new destination with its own intrigue. The Mini Cooper-sized robotic lab will study an unusual landscape,
NASA's Curiosity Rover About To Enter “Spiderweb” Region Of Mars' Mount Sharp
NASA’s Curiosity rover is ready to move out of the valley of Gediz Vallis and travel slow and steady for a month to a fascinating new area of great interest on Mount Sharp, a 5-kilometer (3-mile) tall mountain at the center of Gale crater.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson dismisses Musk’s Mars dreams: ‘I don’t see it happening’
I don't see it happening until governments judge that it's geopolitically in our interest,” he said in conversation with ...
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Bill Maher and Neil deGrasse Tyson Trash Elon Musk’s Mars Plans: ‘How Badly Would We Have To Rat F**k Earth’ To Live There?!
Bill Maher and Neil deGrasse Tyson found common ground on Friday as they both ruthlessly mocked Elon Musk's promises to send ...
A NASA lander may have killed life on Mars, scientist claims — and colleagues took his theory ‘surprisingly well’
Life on Mars may have been found — before it was accidentally destroyed during a NASA mission nearly 50 years ago, one ...
Is NASA Actually 'Killing' Life on Mars?
"The experiments performed by NASA's Viking landers may have accidentally killed Martian life by applying too much water," ...
Whoopsie, NASA Might Have Accidentally Killed Life on Mars
However, for years, scientists have argued that the Viking's experimental techniques might’ve killed hygroscopic microbes ...
NASA releases stunning images from Mars rover as it searches for evidence life could have existed
NASA scientists are hoping to understand the history of where they found the rocks — and for evidence of ancient microbial ...
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 138 — From the Garage to Mars
On Episode 138 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Scott Tibbitts, who spun $7 of hardware store parts ...
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NASA Mars Scientists Ponder 'Peculiar Pale Pebbles' Mystery
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spots a scattering of bizarre bright white pebbles of a mysterious composition and origin.
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‘Life on Mars?’ Is More Than a David Bowie Song—It’s a Question Humans Keep Asking
Following the 1990s discovery that Mars had once been a watery oasis in the solar system’s habitable zone, NASA devised a ...
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Did NASA's Perseverance rover really find organics on Mars? These scientists aren't so sure
Could Mars have once hosted life? NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered a tantalizing clue, but scientists remain divided ...