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  "id": 15382833,
  "title": "Japan to launch world-first mission to collect samples from Martian moon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/japan-to-launch-world-first-mission-to-collect-samples-from-martian",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-18T08:11:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/18/japan-mission-mars-moon-phobos-samples"
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  "summary": "Japanese space agency leading five-year mission to Phobos, one of ‘most important unclimbed mountains in the solar system’ Japan is to launch a spacecraft on the world’s first mission to bring back samples from Phobos, one of the two small, potato-shaped moons orbiting Mars. Scientists hope the mission, which is expected to take five years, will provide clues to how Phobos and its smaller sibling…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Space.com",
        "title": "Windblown yardangs on Mars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 15, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/windblown-yardangs-on-mars-space-photo-of-the-day-for-oct-15-2026",
        "published": "2026-10-15T14:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "How did Mars get its moons? Japan's MMX space mission aims to solve the puzzle",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/how-did-mars-get-its-moons-japans-mmx-space-mission-aims-to-solve-the",
        "published": "2026-10-15T19:40:05.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Scientist",
        "title": "Japan is launching a mission to Mars’s largest moon Phobos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/japan-is-launching-a-mission-to-marss-largest-moon-phobos",
        "published": "2026-10-16T17:00:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}