Racing against the inevitable, an undersea exploration company's expedition to the site of the wreckage could start soon, beginning what's expected to be an annual chronicling of the ship's ...

Undersea agriculture. Deep sea mining. Human colonies on the ocean floor. These were the dreams of Capt. George Bond, a Navy medical officer. It was the age of exploration. While NASA made front-page ...

China's first-ever, domestically developed deep-sea multi-functional exploration ship has officially entered service. Called the Tansuo-3 (Exploration-3), the ship has now been commissioned in Sanya ...

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A small but growing number of wealthy patrons, enamored of the possibilities of undersea exploration, are donating the use of ships, submersibles and other resources to support missions that might ...

A team of scientists led by undersea explorer Robert Ballard discovered the bow of the heavy cruiser New Orleans on Monday. (Ocean Exploration Trust) On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo slammed into the heavy ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface, hidden from view, lies a global nervous system. Thousands of miles of armored cables carry internet traffic, financial transactions, and military communications between ...

Ever wondered how much of our vast, mysterious oceans we’ve uncovered? Spoiler alert: not nearly as much as you’d think!

Smithsonian magazine covers history, science and culture in the way only it can — through a lens on the world that is insightful and grounded in richly reported stories. In There’s More to That, meet ...

While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live and work on the deep... The Navy's experimental underwater habitat ...