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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar technology — sound waves that bounce off the bottom — to measure depth. But the ...

NASA's SWOT satellite has revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents and tectonics.

Scientists used a simple principle: underwater features like seamounts and abyssal hills are heavier than ... underwater oases in an otherwise empty seafloor. The new detailed map gives researchers ...