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How far does light travel in the ocean?

The ocean is divided into three zones based on depth and light level. Although some sea creatures depend on light to live, others can do without it. Sunlight entering the water may travel about 1,000 ... read more

How Lego figures and rubber ducks reveal ocean secrets

Marooned on an island, if you threw a message-in-a-bottle into the ocean, would you be saved? The answer, according to researchers, depends on where you are. This interactive map shows how floating ob... read more

Stunning panoramic image of the far side of the moon is captured by China's Chang'e-4 lander as the 'Jade Rabbit' rover gets back to work after 'sleeping' through the ...

China's lunar lander has beamed back stunning images from the far side of the ... the stars are light spots that don't twinkle. 'A day on the moon is more than 600 hours (about 27 earth days). It take... read more

What Happens To Sunlight As It Filters Through The Ocean?

How far does sunlight travel into the ocean — and just what happens to all those different wavelengths of color as you go deeper into the depths? The American Museum of Natural History put together th... read more

Why Does Gravity Travel at the Speed of Light?

The dead cores of two stars collided 130 million years ago in a galaxy somewhat far away ... the speed of light. We all know light obeys a speed limit — roughly 186,000 miles per second. Nothing trave... read more

The Anatomy Of A Sonic Boom: What Caused N.J. To Shake?

But how does ... far away from where it originated? According to NASA, sonic booms are "the thunder-like noise a person on the ground hears when an aircraft or other type of aerospace vehicle flies ov... read more

Bottoms up: how whale poop helps feed the ocean

This is equivalent to 70,000 vehicles that each travel 15,000 km per year. Blue and fin whales, being much larger than sperm whales, could recycle far more iron. Conservation of whales in the Southern ... read more

How Far Out of Town Can You Get in an Hour? This Map Will Tell You

The Washington Post recently mapped out just how far you can get out of town ... Miami is virtually impossible to travel from because the city is wedged between the ocean and the Everglades. That traf... read more

A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts

In the deep, devoid of light and plants, a wood carcass also brings ... the public and is the founder and chief editor of the acclaimed Deep-Sea News (http://deepseanews.com/), a popular ocean-themed ... read more

Robotic Floats Will Reveal Southern Ocean’s Mysteries

This December, Hannah Zanowski, a graduate student at Princeton University, will travel to Cape Town ... makes up only about 30 percent of the Earth’s ocean surface by area, the Southern Ocean does fa... read more

Wakey wakey! China rover 'Jade Rabbit' gets back to work after 'sleeping' through the blistering 390°F lunar day on the far side of the moon

China's ground-breaking rover on the far side of the moon ... the stars are light spots that don’t twinkle. 'A day on the moon is more than 600 hours (about 27 earth days). It takes a star half a day ... read more