{
  "id": 16706634,
  "title": "Chinese scientists create powerful catalyst to turn air on Mars into rocket fuel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/chinese-scientists-create-powerful-catalyst-to-turn-air-on-mars-into-16706634",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T04:00:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3372123/chinese-scientists-create-powerful-catalyst-turn-air-mars-rocket-fuel"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chinese space scientists are working out how future astronauts on Mars could make their own fuel out of thin air, a sign that Beijing is serious about one day sending people to the red planet. A team at the state-funded Deep Space Exploration Laboratory in Hefei has developed a catalyst that turns carbon dioxide – which makes up more than 95 per cent of the Martian atmosphere – into a liquid fuel…",
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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."
}