PACIFIC OCEAN (WVUE) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is going into unknown territory at the bottom of the Marianas Trench and bringing back some amazing photos in the process.

The Mariana Trench is one of the most enigmatic spots in the ocean. This crescent-shaped scar in the Earth’s crust forms where the Pacific plate collides and sinks below the Philippine plate. It ...

The Mariana Trench runs more than 1,500 miles long and spans more than 40 miles across. At its deepest point, known as ...

When he made his historic solo dive into the Mariana Trench last month, James Cameron brought back images and descriptions of a “lunar like” marine landscape nearly devoid of life.-via National ...

On July 10, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Okeanos Explorer completed a 69-day, 3-stage expedition of previously unknown and poorly understood deepwater habitats. The ...

Researchers reviewing thousands of deep-sea images found plastic garbage has spread even to the Pacific's Marianas Trench, the deepest point in the world's oceans.

Perhaps the most intriguing of these features is the Mariana Trench — a chasm in the western Pacific Ocean that spans more than 1,580 miles (2,540 kilometers) and is home to the Challenger Deep ...

The Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the ocean. Its lowest point, Challenger Deep, is a nearly seven miles below the surface. It's a different world down there, and the National Oceanic and ...

Toxic man-made mercury pollution has reached the deepest point in the world’s oceans, the Mariana Trench.. The heavy metal is toxic to humans and animals and was found seven miles beneath the surface ...