Curiosity Roaming Robot Finds Pure Sulfur On Martian Rocks

Rocks made of NASA's yellow sulfur crystal/PHOTO DOK

JAKARTA Scientists were shocked by the discovery of Curiosity, NASA's Mars rover, on May 30. The car-sized robot managed to find rock that had never been seen before. While crossing a rock area on Mars, Curiosity found a cracked rock and had a yellow sulfur crystal in it. Previously, the rock that Curiosity found contained a mixture of sulfur and other materials. However, this latest discovery was found, a rock whose split Curiosity contains genuine sulfur without any mixture. This is a very interesting finding because scientists have never thought of such an element on the Martian surface. "Finding a rock field made of pure sulfur like finding an oasis in the desert," said Ashwin Vasavada, one of the Curiosity scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). "It shouldn't be there, so now we have to explain it."

There is not much information that Arwin can reveal regarding the discovery of this pure sulfur. To get details such as the formation time and origin of this element, scientists had to do research. After finding pure sulfur, Curiosity managed to sample one of the rocks on June 18. Although sulfur rock is generally fragile, Curiosity found a large rock dubbed NASA scientist as Mammoth Lakes. After drilling the 41st hole, Curiosity sheds stone powder into its instrument to be further analyzed. Now, Curiosity has left Mammoth Lakes to find another surprise.