On a routine ocean exploration off the coast of Alaska, scientists stumbled upon an unexpected and puzzling discovery: a ...

Earth has been showered with gold, platinum, thorium and other heavy elements. This Star Explodes Every 80 Years. And Survives. That’s how plutonium can wind up at the bottom of the ocean.

A startling new discovery buried in the ocean floor may be direct evidence of one of the most ... These events produce gravitational waves, eject heavy elements like gold and platinum, and briefly ...

The floor of the Calypso Deep − a 5,112-meter-deep trench in the Ionian Sea − holds one of the highest concentrations of ...