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Curiosity opened the rock to Mars and found a great surprise: Sciencealert

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The rock of Mars was broken by the curiosity of the curiosity and poured an amazing yellow treasure.

When Rover was over 899 kilograms (1,982 pounds) over the rock in May last year, the rock was open, and the glue crystal of the elemental sulfur: the visor appeared.


Sulfate is quite common in Mars, but this is the first time that sulfur was found in the red planet in pure elemental form.


More interesting is that the curiosity Gediz Vallis channel, which discovers rocks, is scattered with yellow rocks and suspicious rocks.

Gediz Vallis channel beyond the rogue with a unit with surrounding sulfate. (NASA/JPL-CALTECH/ESA/University of Arizona/Jhuapl/MSSS/USGS ASTROGEOLOGY Science Center))

“Finding a stone field made of pure yellow is like finding oasis in the desert.” Curious project scientist Ashwin vasavada said July NASA’s Jet Promotion Research Institute.


“It’s not there. Now we must explain it. Finding strange and unexpected things is to make planetary exploration very interesting.”

Sulfur curiosity found in Mars. (NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS))

Sulfate is a salt that is formed when sulfurcommonly CompoundMix with other minerals of water.


When the water evaporates, the minerals are mixed and dried to leave sulfate.


This sulfate minerals can tell you a lot about the following Mars. Water historyAnd how did it weather over time?

Curiosity 3D view of Gediz Valley channel
Curiosity view of Gediz Valley channel. (NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS))

On the other hand, pure sulfur is formed only under very narrow conditions and is known to not occur in the Hwaseong region found by curiosity.


Fairly, there are many things we don’t know about the geological history of Mars, but it suggests that we have found pure sulfur scades hanging on the surface of Mars.

A rock that is very similar to a rock broken by curiosity taken 9 days after the discovery of sulfur. (NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS))

It is important to understand Essential elements for all life. It is generally absorbed in the form of sulfate, and it is used to create two amino acids that are essential amino acid living organisms to make proteins.


Since we have been aware of the sulfate of Mars for a while, the discovery does not tell me something new in the area. Anyway, we have not yet found signs of life in Mars.


But we continue to walk the ruins of bit and sculptures that can be found as useful for living organisms, including chemistry, water, and pastable conditions.

Curious path to Gediz Vallis
Curiosity path (yellow) for Gediz Vallis channel. (NASA/JPL-CALTECH/UC BERKELEY))

If we are on the planet, we are quite limited to access to Mars. Curiosity’s instrument was able to analyze and identify the yellow rock of Gediz Vallis Channel, but if you did not open the path without opening the path. It may have been someday until we find sulfur..


The next step is to find out exactly what sulfur looks based on what we know about Mars.


It will do more work, including detailed modeling for the geological evolution of Mars.

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Meanwhile, curiosity will continue to collect data.


Gediz Vallis Channel is an area of ​​Hwaseong’s history, and ancient waterway rocks are now engraved with billions of ancient lectures once a billion years ago.


Curious HoleFor chemical analysis, we take the inner powder samples and are deeply immersed along the channel, and we are checking what other surprises are around the next rock.

The previous version of this article was published in July 2024.

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