The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

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2025 is finally over. It was a wild year for the U.S. economy. Tariffs transformed global trading, consumer sentiment hit near-historic lows, and stocks hit dramatic new heights! So … which of these ...