Comments on: NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers a surprise in a Martian rock https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/07/nasas-curiosity-rover-discovers-a-surprise-in-a-martian-rock Safeguarding Humanity Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Eric Klien https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/07/nasas-curiosity-rover-discovers-a-surprise-in-a-martian-rock#comment-512914 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:32:02 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/07/nasas-curiosity-rover-discovers-a-surprise-in-a-martian-rock#comment-512914 In reply to Arthur Bronson.

Some microorganisms on Earth use sulfur in their metabolic processes. The presence of sulfur compounds on Mars could have supported similar life forms if they ever existed.

Also, sulfur-bearing minerals, especially sulfates, are often formed in the presence of water. Their presence on Mars suggests past aqueous environments.

]]> By: Roy Jackson https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/07/nasas-curiosity-rover-discovers-a-surprise-in-a-martian-rock#comment-508956 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 01:23:36 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/07/nasas-curiosity-rover-discovers-a-surprise-in-a-martian-rock#comment-508956 Sulphur deposits on Mars?! Well, NOW we know where Captain Kirk learned to make gunpowder!

]]> By: Arthur Bronson https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/07/nasas-curiosity-rover-discovers-a-surprise-in-a-martian-rock#comment-508950 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 22:00:22 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/07/nasas-curiosity-rover-discovers-a-surprise-in-a-martian-rock#comment-508950 What is the significance of Sulfur on the planet Mars?

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