Japan’s space agency has launched the Martian Moons Exploration probe, which will study Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos and bring rock samples back to Earth in about five years.

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    10 days ago

    Five years to get samples from Phobos, which everyone already knew was a rock orbiting a rock. Groundbreaking, sure, assuming nobody noticed the moons were there.