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A federal contracting database lists an ICE payment for $61,218 with the payment code for “guided missile warheads and explosive components.” But it appears ICE simply entered the wrong code.

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An observatory detected the first radio signal from the interstellar object 3I/Atlas. Here’s what it means.

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