A research expedition in the Tonga Trench filmed a Pacific sleeper shark, a slow-moving, opportunistic predator rarely seen ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

Officials say two workers were trapped in a fallen trench at a Southwest Houston apartment complex. Nick Wright unveils a ...

Last year, a study led by planetary scientist Richard Cartwright at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in ...

Scientists have discovered that deep trenches on Uranus’ moon Ariel might be pathways for material from its interior to reach ...

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

Understanding plate tectonics is key to grasping how the Earth’s geology works and how oceans and continents came to be.

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting ...

Interviews with pilots paint a graphic picture of the struggle to maintain control of their ships amid one of the most ...

is the Earth's deepest oceanic trench, located approximately 200 kilometers (124 miles) east of the Mariana Islands. Its deepest point, known as Challenger Deep, is found at the southern end of a ...

The dwarf planet is a bizarre, cryovolcanic world. However, the organic deposits discovered on its surface so far are unlikely to originate from its interior. The organic material found in a few areas ...