She was part of NASA's first group of female astronauts and the first US woman to conduct a space walk. But in 2020, she set an entirely new world record.

A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near ...

I was one of less than 30 people to have made that trip. So few people have ever been down to see the bottom of the Mariana Trench because it's just so difficult to reach.

The Mariana Trench, home to the Challenger Deep, is an alluring yet dangerous place to visit. Here’s what to know about the deepest point on Earth.

The Mariana Trench is more than 7 miles (11 kilometers) deep. ... Becky Oskin covers Earth science, climate change and space, as well as general science topics.

Scientists used an autonomous underwater vehicle to image previously unexplored, ultra-deep waters near the abyss of the ...

The son of a NASA astronaut and a video game pioneer who funded his own trip to the International Space Station in 2008, Garriott was set to dive to Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the ...

Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard making their way to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960 (NOAA Ship Collection) The crew of their support vessel had located the deepest point by pretty ...