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World's largest deep-sea coral reef found lurking beneath the Gulf Stream 'right on the doorstep' of US coast
A new deep-sea mapping project has revealed near-continuous reefs of cold-water corals spanning an area the size of Vermont just off the southeast U.S. coastline.
10 mind-boggling deep sea discoveries in 2023
Scientists have made some intriguing discoveries exploring the deep sea this year. Here are some of our favorites.
What is Point Nemo, the remote, watery satellite graveyard where the ISS will go to die?
In the furthest, deepest reaches of the ocean, there is a watery graveyard where the world's satellites and space stations go to rest.
Pristine coral reefs discovered near Galápagos Islands are thousands of years old and teeming with life
Scientists on a 30-day expedition off the coast of Ecuador have mapped two coral reefs and two seamounts more than 1,000 feet beneath the ocean surface.
What percentage of the ocean have we mapped?
"It's crazy to think that we don't have a complete map of our planet," one researcher involved in a project to map the entire seafloor by 2030 told Live Science.
Strange methane leak discovered at the deepest point of the Baltic Sea baffling scientists
A huge methane leak discovered in the Baltic Sea spans 7.7 square miles, with masses of gas bubbles rising almost all the way to the ocean surface.
'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
The deep sea, which encompasses waters deeper than 660 feet (200 meters), is home to alien-like creatures, but we know far more about these inky depths than people think, ocean explorer Jon Copley tells Live Science.
Team Egg or Team Sponge? Scientists divided over identity of mysterious golden orb from bottom of ocean
The weird gold dome-shaped object was found during an NOAA expedition to the Gulf of Mexico and is now being preserved in ethanol until it can be sent for laboratory analysis.
