The Lost City Hydrothermal Field is located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean – and its towering spires that shoot out hot ...

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 ...

Deep-sea researchers have launched a groundbreaking project to investigate "dark oxygen"—a form of oxygen produced in total darkness on the ocean floor. The initiative follows last year's ...

The 171-foot-tall (52 meters) spacecraft exploded over the Atlantic Ocean near the Turks and Caicos islands around 8.5 minutes after launch, creating a spectacular sky show witnessed by many ...

Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, PR China ...

Until the 1970’s people thought the deepest parts of the ocean were devoid of life- then hydrothermal vents were discovered on the sea floor. On The Point, we talk with WHOI senior geochemist ...

Perhaps they were craters caused by erupting underwater vents or a strange geological ... structures—may be hidden all around the ocean floor. They are places for studying how the world is ...

According to sources, the primary problem was likely ice clogging one of the vent lines that carry pressurized ... had to land the first stage in the ocean rather than attempting a barge landing.

The first feature-length film produced by the iconic king of pop cinema, Roger Corman, Monster From the Ocean Floor, inspired by a Los Angeles Times story Corman read about a one-man submarine ...