Surprised Scientists Witness the Ocean Floor Literally Splitting Apart at Its Seams Christopher Plain·July 14, 2026For the first time in history geophysicists have witnessed the ocean floor literally splitting part at its seams in real time.
Scientists Have Traced Mysterious Earthquakes Rocking Southern Europe to an “Anomaly” Deep Beneath the Seafloor Micah Hanks·September 2, 2025New evidence is helping scientists track the origins of mysterious earthquakes that have been rattling Southwest Iberia in recent months.
Mapping Ocean Floor Mysteries, NASA’s SWOT Satellite Unveils Earth’s Hidden Terrain Beneath the Waves Ryan Whalen·March 22, 2025NASA and the French space agency CNES's SWOT satellite provides researchers with the tools to create the most accurate ocean maps yet.
Effort to Map the “Uncharted Expanses” of the Ocean Floor Funded by the Office of Naval Research Christopher Plain·March 17, 2025A new effort to map the ocean floor funded by the Office of Naval Research uses the magic of mathematics and the power of sound waves.
Scooping Interstellar Fragments from the Ocean Floor Avi Loeb·April 20, 2022On April 6, 2022, the U.S. Space Command tweeted a formal letter confirming a meteor as originating from outside the solar system.
