A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

Researchers with the Center for Transformational Play at Carnegie Mellon University have created a virtual reality experience called “Echo of the Abyss” - this VR technology takes players on an ocean ...

Scientific mission collects specimens from ocean depths of 6,000 metres in first crewed exploration of Tasman Sea trench.

ROVs offer fresh perspectives on the ancient history of the ocean. Marine and coastal geoscience are essential for understanding both ancient and modern geological processes, assessing offshore and ...

As deep-sea robots continue to evolve, they hold the potential to discover new life forms—true deep-sea "aliens"—and unlock ...

We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...

Singapore installs the world’s deepest art gallery 7,000 meters below sea level, blending science and culture near the ...

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

NASA’s new video is also just fun to watch. The animation shows what the seafloor looks like off the coasts of Mexico, South ...

Meanwhile, charting the ocean floor has presented its own daunting challenges. The intense water pressure found deep in the abyss can crush most equipment, and the seafloor is essentially hidden ...

More accurate maps of the ocean floor are crucial for a ... for an improved understanding of deep-sea currents and tides, which affect life in the abyss, as well as geologic processes like plate ...

The advent of sonar allowed for the first in-depth surveys of the deep ocean floor, and these studies drove geologists to finally accept a radical theory proposed decades earlier and dismissed for ...