NASA’s Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.

Sulfur is essential for life, and this is the latest in a string of discoveries that make it plausible that life may have existed on the Red Planet.

Curiosity has just finished the latest leg of its 12-year Mars mission and will now set out to explore miles of web-like ...

Explore the full scene on YouTube and look for highlights like the rover tracks, the distant crater rim and the channel itself: Curiosity made a surprise discovery of pure sulfur crystals at Gediz ...

Somewhat curiously, this is almost always referred to as a “rain” of diamonds, but since the crystals of carbon are ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.

During this phase, the rover unearthed significant findings, such as pure sulfur crystals and wavy rock patterns shaped by ancient lakes. However, the journey wasn’t without challenges; a sizable hole ...

NASA's Curiosity rover finds spider-like rock formations on Mars, hinting at ancient water and possible life. These boxwork ...

The rover's latest discoveries, including pure sulfur stones and sprawling mineral "spiderwebs," unravel new mysteries of ...

At its most recent site, known as Gediz Vallis, the rover literally stumbled upon pure sulfur, its wheels crushing the material to expose a bed of yellow crystals. It turns out there was a whole ...