Japan's Phobos-Grunt mission aims to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars' moons, and return them to Earth by 2031, making it the first mission to bring back samples from a moon of Mars. If successful, it would significantly advance our knowledge of Mars and potentially inspire future Mars missions.
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Japan launches historic mission to bring back Mars moon samples
Japan has launched a five-year uncrewed mission to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, and return them to Earth by 2031. If successful, it would be the first mission to bring back samples from a moon of Mars for scientists to study.
Published On 20 Oct 2026
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly presented early data at the Aging Research & Drug Discovery (ARDD) conference suggesting that semaglutide and tirzepatide may slow molecular measures of biological aging. Novo's 10, 052-person study found proteomic clock differences of roughly two to three years, with up to four years on a clock tracking heart proteins, while Lilly's epigenetic sub-study within SURMOUNT-5 found all 15 age-unit clocks showed less aging than the 1. 38 years of elapsed chronological time. Novo's Global Proj…
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