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NASA’s Terrain Relative Navigation helps their Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter do their jobs. Similar software has been integrated into the autonomous underwater vehicles that will be tested during the 2021 Technology Demonstration.

From Mars to the deep sea: Live event on new technology for ocean exploration May 5

May 4, 2021

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NASA’s Terrain Relative Navigation helps their Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter do their jobs. Similar software has been integrated into the autonomous underwater vehicles that will be tested during the 2021 Technology Demonstration.

The so-called "E.T. sponge" (Advhena magnifica) prior to being collected in 2016 at a depth of -6,560 feet. Scientists call this class of sponges “glass sponges'' because their skeletons are made of silica (glass).

‘E.T. sponge’ just listed among top-10 new marine species

March 19, 2021

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The so-called "E.T. sponge" (Advhena magnifica) prior to being collected in 2016 at a depth of -6,560 feet. Scientists call this class of sponges “glass sponges'' because their skeletons are made of silica (glass).

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Story map: Journey to Earth's largest habitat

June 15, 2021

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High resolution image of W.E. Hutton and the fish living on it. Fish are displayed with white dots as detected by an instrument called a multibeam echosounder.

Now you can explore sunken shipwrecks from home

November 23, 2020

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High resolution image of W.E. Hutton and the fish living on it. Fish are displayed with white dots as detected by an instrument called a multibeam echosounder.

This image shows the topography of the Okeanos Explorer Seamount, a 4,711 foot feature located south of Midway Islands within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. NOAA scientists first mapped the seamount in March 2016 using shipboard mapping sonars and then explored it with OER’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Deep Discoverer during the 2016 Hohonu Moana expedition.

Seamounts named to honor NOAA, partners’ role in ocean exploration

August 13, 2020

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Okeanos Explorer

This image shows the topography of the Okeanos Explorer Seamount, a 4,711 foot feature located south of Midway Islands within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. NOAA scientists first mapped the seamount in March 2016 using shipboard mapping sonars and then explored it with OER’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Deep Discoverer during the 2016 Hohonu Moana expedition.

In 2016, a team exploring via NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer encountered this sponge, reminiscent of the space alien from the movie, "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." The team collected a sample of the sponge that scientists from NOAA Fisheries and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History later analyzed and determined to be a new genus and species, which they have named Advhena magnifica, Latin for “magnificent alien.”

'Magnificent' new sponge from the deep gets a name

July 9, 2020

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Okeanos Explorer

In 2016, a team exploring via NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer encountered this sponge, reminiscent of the space alien from the movie, "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." The team collected a sample of the sponge that scientists from NOAA Fisheries and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History later analyzed and determined to be a new genus and species, which they have named Advhena magnifica, Latin for “magnificent alien.”

The remotely operated vehicle SuBastian aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor at sunset in the Marianas Trench Marine Protected Area. (2016 photo)

NOAA, Schmidt Ocean Institute team to explore and map the ocean

June 9, 2020

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The remotely operated vehicle SuBastian aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor at sunset in the Marianas Trench Marine Protected Area. (2016 photo)

NOAA and cooperative institute scientists are releasing Deep Argo floats off Hawaii to test them in preparation for the major deployment NOAA and Paul G. Allen Family Foundation will conduct next year to create the the Atlantic Ocean array in international waters off Brazil.

Vulcan Inc. and NOAA to explore, understand and map the deep ocean

April 21, 2020

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NOAA and cooperative institute scientists are releasing Deep Argo floats off Hawaii to test them in preparation for the major deployment NOAA and Paul G. Allen Family Foundation will conduct next year to create the the Atlantic Ocean array in international waters off Brazil.

Researcher Brian Helmuth of Northeastern University examines a sample of wood from the ancient underwater forest off the coast of Alabama for shipworms and other organisms that could be useful for future medicines.

Tiny creatures in underwater forest might hold promise for future medicines

April 1, 2020

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Researcher Brian Helmuth of Northeastern University examines a sample of wood from the ancient underwater forest off the coast of Alabama for shipworms and other organisms that could be useful for future medicines.

NOAA and the U.S. Department of Energy announced the winners of the Powering the Blue Economy Ocean Observing Prize.

NOAA, DOE announce winners of the Powering the Blue Economy Ocean Observing Prize

April 2, 2020

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NOAA and the U.S. Department of Energy announced the winners of the Powering the Blue Economy Ocean Observing Prize.

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