InsightsWe have sharper maps of Mars than of most of Earth’s deep ocean floor, and the little of it we have reached rewrote biology: in 1977 a submersible found thriving life around hot vents in total darkness, fed by chemistry rather than sunlight
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We have sharper maps of Mars than of most of Earth’s deep ocean floor, and the little of it we have reached rewrote biology: in 1977 a submersible found thriving life around hot vents in total darkness, fed by chemistry rather than sunlight

The deep ocean remains so alien that we know Mars better—and the creatures we've discovered in its lightless depths have fundamentally changed what we thought life required to survive. The post We have sharper maps of Mars than of most of Earth’s deep ocean floor, and the little of it we have reached rewrote biology: in 1977 a submersible found thriving life around hot vents in total darkness, fed by chemistry rather than sunlight appeared first on Space Daily .

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August 3, 2026
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We have sharper maps of Mars than of most of Earth’s deep ocean floor, and the little of it we have reached rewrote biology: in 1977 a submersible found thriving life around hot vents in total darkness, fed by chemistry rather than sunlight

The deep ocean remains so alien that we know Mars better—and the creatures we've discovered in its lightless depths have fundamentally changed what we thought life required to survive. The post We have sharper maps of Mars than of most of Earth’s deep ocean floor, and the little of it we have reached rewrote biology: in 1977 a submersible found thriving life around hot vents in total darkness, fed by chemistry rather than sunlight appeared first on Space Daily .

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