This new mapping capability will help plan routes for undersea communication cables, and even provide insights into tectonic ...

The map, compiled using high-resolution data from the SWOT satellite, has revealed the existence of nearly 100,000 submerged ...

It is often said that humanity has explored outer space more extensively than the depths of the oceans—but a team funded by ...

NASA’s new video is also just fun to watch. The animation shows what the seafloor looks like off the coasts of Mexico, South America, and the Antarctic Peninsula. Research using data from SWOT is ...

SWOT satellite data has been used to map the seafloor, revealing 100,000 seamounts, more than double the number previously ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using tiny changes in sea surface height to reveal underwater features, ...

Of all Earth’s seamounts, marine biologists have studied only a few hundred. More finely detailed maps of the surface of Mars may exist than of the remotest parts of the ocean floor. Scientists ...

Purple denotes regions that are lower relative to higher areas like seamounts, depicted in green. Eötvös is the unit of measure for the gravity-based data used to create these maps. Credit ...

More precise maps created using data from the SWOT mission can enhance underwater navigation and provide deeper insights into the movement of heat and marine life across the world's oceans ...

Because they're smaller than seamounts, past satellites have struggled to find them. The enhanced maps could lead to new geological discoveries, such as locating active underwater volcanoes and ...