CNN

Findings from the first lunar far side samples raise new questions about the moon’s history

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Scientific American

Mars Sample That May Contain Evidence of Life Might Never Come Home

Update: A minibus spending package passed by the House of Representatives on January 8, 2026, effectively cancels the Mars Sample Return program by eliminating almost all funding for future missions.
CNN

NASA collected potential evidence of life on Mars. Now it’s pitching new plans to retrieve the cache

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SpaceNews

China gears up for deep space missions after collecting 1,935 grams of lunar far side samples

HELSINKI — China is getting set for future deep space missions, having retrieved nearly two kilograms of lunar samples from the moon’s far side. The Chang’e-6 reentry capsule landed back on Earth June ...
The Conversation

All 5 fundamental units of life’s genetic code were just discovered in an asteroid sample

John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Organic and Isotope Geochemistry, Curtin University A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected ...