{
  "id": 15712054,
  "title": "MMX mission to reveal the origins of the Martian moons",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/mmx-mission-to-reveal-the-origins-of-the-martian-moons",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-20T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Big Think",
    "slug": "big-think",
    "url": "https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/mmx-mission-origins-martian-moons/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "It was way back in the 1600s — immediately following the invention of the telescope — that moons around planets other than Earth were discovered. Jupiter’s four major moons were spotted by Galileo himself back in 1609 and 1610, leading his contemporary, Johannes Kepler, to hypothesize that the planet in between us and Jupiter — Mars — must have two moons of its own. Yet for centuries, no Martian…",
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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."
}