Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

beneath the surface, polymetallic nodules contain manganese, nickel and cobalt, metals used in electric car batteries and ...

Seismic readings of the interior of Mars strongly suggest large quantities of water buried 6 to 12 miles underground.

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, ...

This robot was hunting for rocks ... much deeper parts of the ocean. Such metals are sought-after for use in renewable energy devices and batteries, for example. But deep-sea mining is a ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest ... about 2.7 billion years ago. "Deep-sea discovery calls into question the origins of life," the Scottish Association for Marine Science said in ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be ... about 2.7 billion years ago. "Deep-sea discovery calls into question the origins of life," the Scottish Association for ...

and whether it is ecologically significant to the deep-sea ecosystems where it happens. In our paper, we suggest that the source could be polymetallic nodules, rock-like formations composed of ...