Another part of it is that we have too many real-life crises to deal with and so ... evidence that meteor fragments recovered from the ocean floor are alien in origin. “It raises the possibility ...

Dark oxygen produced on the floor of the ocean is challenging our understanding of how life may have started and where it may be possible elsewhere... Bubbles of oxygen are seen against a dark ...

In the early 1950s, Marie Tharp began connecting dots to map the ocean floor, using sonar technology ... has revolutionized almost every area of life, becoming ubiquitous in electronics from ...

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...

Searching for life in alien oceans may be more difficult than scientists previously thought, even when we can sample these ...

Coral reefs are filled with colorful ocean life. But they're in danger of dying off ... Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor. But, they provide an essential ecosystem for a quarter ...

A new study focusing on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, shows that the physics of alien oceans could prevent evidence of deep-sea life from reaching places where we can detect it.

We’ve seen little of these oases of life in the deep ... surface of Mars may exist than of the remotest parts of the ocean floor. Scientists don’t often explore their slopes firsthand ...

Whale carcasses take decades to fully decompose and can provide food for an entire ecosystem on the dark depths of the ocean floor. Dr Adrian Glover, a Museum expert in deep-sea biodiversity, sheds ...

We're opposing lax environmental standards ... focused mostly in the Pacific Ocean. Life on the deep ocean floor is still a mysterious realm that scientists have only just begun to inventory. They ...