This new mapping capability will help plan routes for undersea communication cables, and even provide insights into tectonic ...

It is often said that humanity has explored outer space more extensively than the depths of the oceans—but a team funded by ...

In a revolutionary advancement in oceanography, scientists have created one of the most detailed maps of the ocean floor to ...

NASA's SWOT satellite has revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents and tectonics.

Ships using sonar can also map abyssal hills, but it’s a slow and difficult task. To date, ships have only mapped about a quarter of the planet’s ocean floor. SWOT was designed to do much more ...

Scientists found huge beaches on Mars likely from a long gone ocean This global map of the ocean floor is based on data from NASA's SWOT satellite. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory Launched in ...

SWOT satellite data has been used to map the seafloor, revealing 100,000 seamounts, more than double the number previously ...

Researchers using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have mapped the geology of the Mona Rift and made some astonishing ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using tiny changes in sea surface height to reveal underwater features, ...

But for two earthquake researchers, they found whale vocalization reflections could assist in measuring ocean crust structure. Their findings appear today (February 12) in Science. “It’s a nice ...

Only a tiny percentage of the ocean floor has been carefully mapped ... of oil and gas deposits probably found there, it needs to map those realms. Exploration and mapping, and making the data ...