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U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (July 18) signed a law, dubbed the GENIUS Act, to create a regulatory regime for ...

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Stouffer learned the fireball that exploded into the Georgia sky last month will now be called the McDonough meteorite. He ...

A massive Martian meteorite, the largest ever found on Earth, fetched a record $5.3 million at a New York auction. However, ...

This extremely rare phenomenon would offer an unprecedented celestial spectacle and fascinate both scientists and astronomy ...