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

The 'David Packard' is named for the Silicon Valley pioneer who donated more than $1 billion to ocean research.

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

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 ...

More precise maps created using data from the SWOT mission can enhance underwater navigation and provide deeper insights into the movement of heat and marine life across the world's oceans ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using tiny changes in sea surface height to reveal underwater features, ...

Researchers using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have mapped the geology of the Mona Rift and made some astonishing ...

Meanwhile, charting the ocean floor has presented its own daunting ... providing one of the most detailed maps of the bottom of the world's oceans ever created. The SWOT satellite, short for ...

Tharp continued working with Heezen to bring the ocean floor to life. Their collaboration included an Indian Ocean map, published by National Geographic in 1967, and a 1977 World Ocean Floor map that ...