After a long, winding road of tests, researchers at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and other ...

Learn how researchers used morphology and genetic analysis to reveal the identity of a mysterious golden orb found during a ...

Initial guesses ranged from an egg case to a dead sponge to coral, even aliens.

Scientists found the orb in deep water west of Prince of Wales Island during an ongoing research program called Seascape ...

“This is why we keep exploring — to unlock the secrets of the deep,” said Capt. William Mowitt ...

Huzzah! The mystery of an unidentified golden object that had been discovered on the ocean floor off Alaska’s Pacific Coast ...

A strange “golden orb” pulled from more than 2 miles beneath the Gulf of Alaska, once rumored to be everything from an alien ...

After more than two years of analysis, NOAA and Smithsonian scientists have identified the viral "golden orb." (NOAA ...

The identity of the "golden orb" has been revealed as dead cells that anchored a deep-sea creature to the ocean floor.

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The company, which will be led by a former Rio Tinto executive, is angling to explore a sought-after stretch of the Pacific Ocean. A deep-sea mining firm led by former Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese is ...

A rare giant phantom jellyfish spotted off Argentina’s coast has become one of the most striking discoveries from a new deep‑sea expedition. The sighting occurred during an Argentinian‑led mission ...