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

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

In a revolutionary advancement in oceanography, scientists have created one of the most detailed maps of the ocean floor to date. The map, compiled using high-resolution data from the SWOT satellite, ...

NASA’s new video is also just fun to watch. The animation shows what the seafloor looks like off the coasts of Mexico, South America, and the Antarctic Peninsula. Research using data from SWOT is ...

A new map of the seafloor of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica provides the most accurate representation ... To get an idea of how detailed the map is, if you divide the map into 500m ...

“For most of the ocean, we don’t know what the ... carried underwater video cameras and dived to parts of the ocean floor off Australia’s southern coast that scientists had never seen ...