A team of deep-sea researchers discovered a mysterious flesh-like gold orb at the bottom of the ocean — one so alien-like it felt like “the beginning of a horror movie.” ...

Scientists Recovered That Golden "Orb" From the Bottom of the Ocean and It Looks Different Now. by Victor Tangermann. Updated 9.10.23, 3:02 PM EDT. NOAA Ocean Explorer. Wrecked.

The possibility of a gold rush at the bottom of the sea is keeping some oceanographers up at night. “We don’t know what’s down there. We don’t know the ecosystems.

At the bottom of the ocean, ... This emits a cataclysmic amount of energy and light, throwing elements that are critical for life, like gold, uranium, and iron, across the galaxy.

Only about 20% of the ocean’s depths has been mapped by humans. Here’s what we do — and don’t — know about the deep seas and why studying them is so precarious.

The U.S. wants to mine the deep sea. But economists warn that leaders aren't taking the full value of the oceans into account ...