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

On a practical level, the maps can help submarines navigate more safely through previously mysterious ocean terrains. They can also inform the precarious work of laying down and repairing ...

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

The image below shows a bathymetric map of the ocean floor ... The abyssal plains of the world's ocean(s) show very little topographic difference. The smooth, flat abyssal plain resembles what ...

A new effort using data from a NASA-led satellite is helping to change that, providing one of the most detailed maps of the bottom of the world's oceans ever created. The SWOT satellite ...