The NASA International Space Station (ISS) crew that included a sick astronaut splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, early on Thursday morning. "Welcome home, Crew-11!" NASA said in an update, adding that the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft hit the on water on schedule at 12:41 a.m. PT.

Scientists exploring the deep Pacific Ocean have uncovered a strange “yellow brick road” on the seabed near Hawaii. The natural volcanic formation reveals how Earth’s hidden geology can mimic human design.

There's a lot of interest in space, galaxies, and the outer world, but the ocean floor seems to be a little-studied place. Or at least one of the least known.

Palau Pacific Energy (PPE) is seeking partners to farm into the North Block concession in the northern waters of Palau, in the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines. A wholly owned subsidiary of Texas, US-based PPE operates the 360-square kilometre ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio STEM educator Giselle De Leon is currently aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus, mapping unexplored regions of the Pacific Ocean near the Marshall Islands as part of an international science team. The mission, which began in ...

Given how underexplored the Pacific Ocean is, it is not surprising that new species are being discovered every time a manned or unmanned deep-water submersible is launched to document the species living in the deepest parts of the ocean. With only a small ...

MT. PLEASANT, SC / ACCESS Newswire / January 8, 2026 / Deep Sea Rare Minerals, Inc. (DSRM) announced today that it has received written notice of substantial compliance for its exploration license from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

A Crew-11 member, who NASA has yet to identify, had an undisclosed medical concern that triggered the agency to accelerate their return to Earth.