Victor Vescovo journeyed 10,927 meters (35,853 feet) to the bottom of the Challenger Deep , the southern end of the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench, as part of a mission to chart the world’s ...

Cameron's visit to the seafloor at the Mariana Trench was the first manned trip to the area "since the U.S. Navy bathyscaph Trieste reached a depth of 35,800 feet in 1960, piloted by Lt. Don Walsh ...

"The Ultimate Test" Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Don Walsh, who descended to Challenger Deep in 1960, said he was pleased to hear that Cameron had reached the underwater valley safely. "That was a ...

A shocking find at the bottom of the Mariana Trench-a plastic bag 1-serves as a poignant warning to humanity about the dire consequences of our careless plastic consumption and disposal habits.

UNC-Chapel Hill professor Jim Kitchen and explorer Victor Vescovo will dive down to the Mariana Trench to conduct scientific research on the deepest ocean floor.

I was one of less than 30 people to have made that trip. So few people have ever been down to see the bottom of the Mariana Trench because it's just so difficult to reach.

When he made his historic solo dive into the Mariana Trench last month, James Cameron brought back images and descriptions of a "lunar like" marine landscape nearly devoid of life.

UNC-Chapel Hill professor Jim Kitchen will use this submersible vessel to explore the bottom of the ocean in the Mariana Trench and take footage of the sea life. Reeve Jolliffe/EYOS ...

“The trip was phenomenal,” Mr Connor told the Dayton Daily News at the time. “It’s a different world down there.” The Challenger Deep is approximately 23,000 feet deeper than the Titanic ...

A human can’t survive in the Mariana Trench without protection. At its deepest, the trench plunges 35,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean to a region reigned by crushing pressure and ...

It's the closest many of us will get to the Mariana Trench. Editor's note: This story was updated at 11:16 a.m. EST on May 9 to reflect that E/V Nautilus departed from Apra, Guam, not from California.