Structures In The Mariana Trench Appear To Be Converting Energy In A Life-Like Process "A vital function in modern plant, animal, and microbial life, can occur abiotically in a geological ...

Scientists sampled fish living in the Pacific's Mariana Trench and trenches in the Indian Ocean. . | Credit: Han Xu et al. (2025) Evolution and genetic adaptation of fishes to the deep sea.

Life is surprisingly persistent in the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth. Whether or not you subscribe to the idea that viruses count as “life”, little is known about the ones that ...

Earth Science Deepest Virus Ever Detected Unearthed by Scientists in the Mariana Trench The bacteria-hunting virus is named vB_HmeY_H4907 and was found 8,900 meters below the surface of the ocean.

The Mariana Trench is one of the ocean's biggest enigmas, housing untold marine life and geological features within its nearly 7-mile depths. A new ocean expedition aims to unfold some of those ...

For example, 80 percent of the biosphere -- the life of our planet -- is found in the deep sea, making the abyss the largest habitat on earth and still containing unimaginable surprises.

The bottom of the Mariana Trench is about 35,876 feet (10,935 meters) deep, making it deeper than Mount Everest is tall.

An American explorer broke the world record for the deepest dive in 2019 for his submersible trip to the bottom of the Mariana Trench In 2019, an American explorer completed a feat that many once ...

UNC-Chapel Hill professor Jim Kitchen will use this submersible vessel to explore the bottom of the ocean in the Mariana Trench and take footage of the sea life. Reeve Jolliffe/EYOS ...

A deep-sea lander’s extendable arm held the robot as it flapped its wings at a depth of 10,900 meters in the Challenger Deep, the lowest part of the Mariana Trench (extreme pressure test).

These strange sounds were first discovered during a submarine exploration near the Mariana Trench in 2014. Researchers likened them to the sounds of spacecraft engines in the famous film saga Star ...