The Mariana Trench has long captured the public's imagination. Here are some facts about one of the Earth's great wonders. Q. What is the Mariana Trench? The trench is the deepest place on Earth, ...

Scientists are exploring creatures and habitats in the deepest parts of the ocean, and you can follow along by watching a live video stream. Deep in the ocean, a mission is underway to explore the ...

Three months ago, entrepreneur and UNC-Chapel Hill professor Jim Kitchen was gazing down at Earth from a rocketship in the blackness of outer space. Next week, he’ll be exploring the darkness of the ...

Sound waves have allowed scientists to peer through the dark ocean depths and create a new map of the deepest spot in the oceans: the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. The new map has a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world's oceans are big and dark and deep. They cover approximately 70% of the planet’s surface and contain a huge portion of ...

From microplastics in the deepest point of our ocean to hydrocarbon-eating bacteria, discover five fascinating studies into ...

The project explores how life adapts to extreme environments—and hopes to inspire new drugs or even treatments to aid space travel. We’ve only scratched the surface of what thrives in the deepest ...

China has live streamed footage of its new manned submersible parked at the bottom of the Mariana Trench as part of a historic mission into the deepest underwater valley on the planet. Fendouzhe is ...