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    From - Sky & Telescope  By - David Dickinson  Edited by - Amal Udawatta An artist's conception of the Mars Sample Return Orbiter, one component of a complicated mission architecture initially proposed to retrieve samples from Mars to Earth. NASA / ESA / JPL-Caltech / GSFC / MSFC Retrieving samples from Mars for study on Earth is crucial to our ability to understand the geological history of the Red Planet, including whether life ever existed on Mars. Perseverance has already collected  25 samples  of both surface material and Martian atmosphere in  Star Wars  lightsaber-like tubes. But the architecture and timeline for  a mission that would return these samples to Earth  has been a budgetary bone of contention for years. Now, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA’s Science Mission Directorate leader Nicky Fox have  laid out a new path  for the beleaguered Mars Sample Return proposal. Perseverance's Treasure NASA’...

      From -BBC World News   By-  Jocelyn Timperley and Isabelle Gerretsen   Edited by - Amal Udawatta Getty Images Some key events coming up in 2025 have game-changing potential for our planet. Here, two of the BBC's environment journalists analyse what they could mean for the climate and nature. As countries unveil new climate targets, Donald Trump enters the White House for a second term and a potentially game-changing ruling for future climate lawsuits unfolds – 2025 is set to be a big year for climate and nature.  Speaking in his  New Year's message  in late December, secretary-general of the United Nations  António Guterres said that the world is witnessing "climate breakdown – in real time".  "We must exit this road to ruin. In 2025, countries must put the world on a safer path by dramatically slashing emissions and supporting the transition to a renewable future," he said, stressing that "it is essential – and it is possible...