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Vial of microbes

A ampule of microbes brought up from the hydrothermal vent situation . These microbe could hold biological secrets that could be used in biotechnology or practice of medicine , Joye order . Their survival in utmost pressures and temperatures with only toxic chemical compound to eat could also help scientists understand how life first formed on other Earth , or how it might thrive on exotic planets .

A vial of microbes brought up from the hydrothermal vent site.

A large sponge and a cluster of anenomes are seen among other lifeforms beneath the George IV Ice Shelf.

An orange sea pig in gloved hands.

A satellite image showing a giant plume of discolored water beneath the surface

Stunning aerial view of the Muri beach and lagoon, with its three island, in Rarotonga in the Cook island archipelago in the Pacific

Artist�s illustration of the view from the seas of a potentially habitable "Hycean" exoplanet.

Illustration of the earth and its oceans with different deep sea species that surround it,

a landscape photo of an outcrop of Greenland�s Isua supracrustal belt, shows valley with a pool of water in the center and a coastline and ocean beyond

Petermann is one of Greenland�s largest glaciers, lodged in a fjord that, from the height of its mountain walls down to the lowest point of the seafloor, is deeper than the Grand Canyon.

A researcher stands inside the crystal-filled cave known as the Pulpí Geode — the largest geode on Earth.

A polar bear in the Arctic.

A golden sun sets over the East China Sea, near Okinawa, Japan.

Vescovo (left) recently completed the Five Deeps Expedition with his latest dive into the deepest part of the Arctic Ocean.

A photo of a volcano erupting at night with the Milky Way visible in the sky

A painting of a Viking man on a boat wearing a horned helmet

The sun in a very thin crescent shape during a solar eclipse

Paintings of animals from Lascaux cave

Stonehenge, Salisbury, UK, July 30, 2024; Stunning aerial view of the spectacular historical monument of Stonehenge stone circles, Wiltshire, England, UK.

A collage of three different robots

an illustration of the universe expanding and shrinking in bursts over time