The Phobos heist

Japan’s MMX mission aims to retrieve samples from Mars’s mysterious moon. They could reveal how it formed—and hold pieces of Mars itself

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Science
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2026-10-08
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aen0163
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Planetary Science and Exploration
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The Phobos heist

Robin George Andrews
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Planetary Science and Exploration
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The Phobos heist

Robin George Andrews
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Abstract

Japan’s MMX mission aims to retrieve samples from Mars’s mysterious moon. They could reveal how it formed—and hold pieces of Mars itself

ScienceVol. 394(6820)
Openalex Percentile: Top 13%
Planetary Science and Exploration
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