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This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Buried deep in Greenland’s ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense scientific debate. A sharp spike in platinum concentrations, discovered in an ice core (a cylinder of ice drilled out of ice sheets and glaciers) and …

JWST might have spotted the ‘smoking gun’ of a hypothetical object called a dark star in the distant Universe. If confirmed, this discovery could solve several mysteries of physics. A dark star may sound like an oxymoron, but it would still emit light and energy. It wouldn’t be powered by nuclear fusion like a garden-variety star, however – it would …

A recent study of Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has detected several organic compounds that had never been recorded there before. The findings, published this month in Nature Astronomy, provide new clues about the interior chemical composition of this icy world, as well as new hope that it could harbor life. The researchers analyzed data from the Cassini probe, which …

Amy Bradley is (still) missing, but new evidence may help find the now 51-year-old American, if she’s alive. Netflix docuseries Amy Bradley Is Missing from filmmakers Ari Mark and Phil Lott made a huge splash with its July release. The success of the series — it spent four weeks on Netflix’s Top 10 — has helped put Bradley’s case in …

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which explored Saturn and its moons for more than a decade, has yielded a new discovery. A recent peer-reviewed study found complex organic fragments in fresh ice grains from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, renewing hope that this water world harbors life in its oceans. These grains were blasted from fractures near the south pole and struck the spacecraft …

A Borderlands 4 dataminer has found evidence to suggest that one of the most hated characters from Borderlands 3 was cut and replaced relatively late in development. Warning! Spoilers for Borderlands 3 and 3 follow: Borderlands modder and dataminer EpicNNG took to social media to confidently proclaim that Borderlands 3 NPC Ava was cut from Borderlands 4, based on their …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has yet to provide underlying evidence to lawmakers proving that alleged drug-smuggling boats targeted by the U.S. military in a series of fatal strikes were in fact carrying narcotics, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter. As bipartisan frustration with the strikes mounts, the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday voted down a war …

Astronomers have observed a gigantic cosmic “contrail” in a distant galaxy. The trail of gas and dust may have been churned out by a passing massive black hole, although there are other possible causes, scientists report in a new study. The contrail was spotted in the spiral galaxy NGC 3627, located roughly 31 light-years from our solar system in the …

South Carolina’s top law official says no arson evidence so far in fire that destroyed judge’s home  Politico South Carolina authorities are investigating a fire that engulfed the home of state circuit court judge  CNN Judge’s waterfront mansion burns in possible arson as first responders use kayaks for dramatic rescue  Fox News Investigation launched after South Carolina judge’s house burns down  MSNBC News Video …

Law enforcement officials in South Carolina are investigating a fire that engulfed the home of a state judge and a former Democratic state senator but say there’s no current evidence the fire was intentionally set. The fire at a beach home in Edisto on Saturday hospitalized three people. Property records show that the home is owned by Circuit Court Judge …