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China and US vie for Martian samples
China is competing with the United States to collect samples from Mars, as China prepares to launch a mission by 2031 to bring back rocky samples from the Red Planet. This follows NASA's collection of potential signs of ancient life in the "Sofie Canyon" sample, which was gathered in 2024 from a rock in the Neretva Valley. The sample contains marks that could be related to microbial activity, but current tools lack the capability to accurately determine the source of these signs. This makes returning the samples to Earth essential for more detailed analyses. The detection of potential life on Mars remains one of the most important scientific goals; however, so far, the existence of life beyond Earth has not been definitively proven, and precise scientific evidence is needed to verify it.
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