The assertion that more is known about the Moon (or Mars) than the deep ocean lacks scientific basis; a significant portion (23.4%) of the seafloor has been mapped at high resolution, exceeding the ...

The Titanic is farther down than the deepest-diving mammal, the Cuvier's beaked whale, ventures. Even this wreck doesn't come close to the deepest-crewed mission that reached 35,839 feet in 2019. Just ...

Sonar mapping of the Challenger Deep by the DSSV Pressure Drop employing a Kongsberg SIMRAD EM124 multibeam echosounder system (26 April – 4 May 2019) The highest known pressure in the deep oceans ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When Dawn Wright plummeted to the bottom of the world in a nearly ...

China has developed the world's first system to reach the deepest point in the ocean to lay cables needed for underwater exploration. Dalian Maritime University, Nantong Liwei Machinery Company and ...

(CNN) — Just as Earth’s land surface has enormous peaks and valleys, the oceanic world has similarly varied topography. Perhaps the most intriguing of these features is the Mariana Trench — a chasm in ...

If a ship passes over the deepest part of the ocean but there’s nobody there to hear it, does it still make a sound? It sure does. New audio recordings from the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our target was an east-to-west transect starting near Guam, over the Challenger ...

This summer, I descended more than 6.7 miles to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in a two-seat submarine to the world’s deepest undersea chasm, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. My goal was to ...