For decades, humanity has gazed at the stars, dreaming of Mars and the Moon, while a vast and mysterious frontier has remained largely unexplored right here on Earth—the ocean floor. Despite ...

The map, compiled using high-resolution data from the SWOT satellite, has revealed the existence of nearly 100,000 submerged mountains, called seamounts, scattered across the ocean floor.

The actual area observed on the seabed is too small to represent on a map at this scale. Credit: Ocean Discovery League But when it comes to seeing what’s down there—be it remotely or in ...