When was the first voyage of the Challenger? No, not the Space Shuttle — the original Challenger, a sea ship that sailed in 1872. The HMS Challenger traversed the world’s oceans for four years, drove ...

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China has developed the world's first system to reach the deepest point in the ocean to lay cables needed for underwater exploration. Dalian Maritime University, Nantong Liwei Machinery Company and ...

Thirty-six years after becoming the first American woman to walk in space, Kathy Sullivan has made history yet again. On Sunday, the 68-year-old oceanographer and former NASA astronaut became the ...

Even for the most educated scientists and experts, the ocean is a mysterious place. From the beautiful mysteries of bioluminescence to what elusive creatures, like colossal squids, look like in their ...

Every few days, the crew of the Challenger would dredge the ocean floor for sediment and specimens. Courtesy of The Trustees of the Natural History Museum. The H.M.S. Challenger spent just over three ...