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

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. A close-up photo taken by the Curiosity rover shows pure yellow sulfur crystals within a rock. NASA’s Curiosity rover ran over a rock ...

We may earn an affiliate commission from links. Sulfur (the naturally occurring element known for, ahm, that distinct scent) is also an age-old skincare ingredient. Thanks to its anti-inflammatory ...

Pure Quartz (circled in yellow), meanwhile ... I don’t believe you can find this anywhere else, so good luck. Sulfur – While it is possible to find Sulfur nodes out in the wild, the best ...

But what about sulfur? Nobody seems to think much about poor sulfur, and when they do it tends to be derogatory. Sulfur puts the stink in rotten eggs, threatens us when it spews from the mouths of ...

Approximately 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid, estimated to be 10–15 kilometers in diameter, struck the Yucatán Peninsula (in current-day Mexico), creating a 200-kilometer-wide ...

Why Nature Chemistry spells sulfur with an 'f'. Many decisions must be made when setting up a new scientific journal. These range from perhaps the more fundamental considerations, such as what ...