Scientists uncovered a "Lost City" deep underwater in the Atlantic Ocean that could prove the existence of extraterrestrial ...

THE search for alien life across our Solar System and beyond has so far kicked up nothing intelligent – let alone microbial.

Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...

Searching for life in alien oceans may be more difficult than scientists previously thought, even when we can sample these ...

Chemical traces and microbes could break down or transform as they rise, making them unrecognizable by the time they reach ...

Scientists have withdrawn plans to conduct a controversial geoengineering experiment in ocean waters south of Martha’s ...

The phenomenon of 'dark oxygen,' whereby deep-sea metallic nodules generate oxygen without sunlight, is reshaping our ...

Everyone knows the saying 'life imitates art', but we'd argue that art imitates life when it comes to Disney's Moana film franchise. Moana 2 premiered ...

Discovered by scientists in 2000, more than 700 meters (2,300 feet) beneath the surface, the Lost City Hydrothermal Field is the longest-lived venting environment known in the ocean. Nothing else like ...

The Borealis Mud Volcano, a 7,000-year-old deep-sea formation in the Arctic Ocean, supports marine life and aids climate ...

Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson and lowers it into Monterey Bay’s choppy ...