Japan launched a spacecraft on Tuesday on a five-year mission to explore Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos and return samples to Earth for the first time. The $578 million project aims to deliver dust, soil and rocks in 2031. Five space agencies have joined forces for the mission, which will attempt to land a robotic prospector and rover on Phobos, the larger of the two moons.
Sky News – World Japan launched a spacecraft on Tuesday on a five-year mission to explore Mars' mysterious moons, Phobos and Deimos, and bring back samples for the first time. The $578 million project aims to deliver dust, soil and rocks to Earth in 2031, potentially shedding light on how the moons formed and the origins of life.
Japan launched a spacecraft on Tuesday on a five-year mission to explore Mars' mysterious moons, Phobos and Deimos, and bring back samples for the first time. The $578 million project aims to deliver dust, soil and rocks to Earth in 2031, potentially shedding light on how the moons formed and the origins of life.
Sky News – World Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons.
Sky News – World A Kenyan court has found self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie and about 30 co-accused guilty of murder over the starvation deaths of 191 people, 190 of them children. Prosecutors said Mackenzie's Good News International Church ordered followers to starve themselves and their children to death. His wife Rhoda Maweu was among those convicted.
BBC News – World Israeli police detained 10 suspects following a weekend of settler violence in the occupied West Bank during the Palestinian olive harvest, including attacks on US photojournalist Heidi Levine and European diplomats. The BBC reported masked settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives amid a surge in such incidents. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called the arrests "a very positive development". Police did not identify the suspects or specify their roles.
BBC News – World The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says funding shortages are forcing it to slash food assistance in Gaza, reducing monthly coverage from 1.6 million people to 1.1 million. The agency warned that about 500,000 Gazans will lose critical aid, while two-thirds of the population faces acute food insecurity and 200,000 are at risk of famine. The cuts come despite a U.S.-brokered Hamas-Israel ceasefire.
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