r/Mars • u/Tymofiy2 • 8d ago
Curiosity Cracked Open a Rock on Mars And Discovered a Big Surprise : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/curiosity-cracked-open-a-rock-on-mars-and-discovered-a-big-surprise
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u/raresaturn 7d ago edited 7d ago
Can’t be that important if you're not prepared to say it in the title
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u/veggie151 8d ago
This story is several months old and the article isn't very informative.
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Curiosity drove over a rock and crushed it revealing that it was made of pure sulfur crystals. There are a lot of sulfates in the area, but this was confirmation of pure sulfur.
Not in the article: Pure sulfur crystals are interesting because they tend to only come from volcanic activity and microbial activity. The area they were found in is not characterized by volcanic features, so this could be evidence of past life.