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.

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

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 trench is named after the nearby Mariana Islands, which are named after Las Marianas, in honor of the Spanish Queen Mariana of Austria. In 1668, Spain formally colonized the Mariana Islands ...

The Mariana Trench reaches a maximum depth of nearly 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) that we know of. So there's potentially a lot down there that we haven't discovered or seen yet.

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.

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 ...

Deepsea Challenge 3D traces the building of the submersible and the nearly 36,000-foot dive to the Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep in the western Pacific Ocean — a very personal journey for ...