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NASA discovered a deep blue planet 63 light-years away, but its blue colour comes from glass, not water

From a great distance, the planet could easily give the wrong first impression. Seen in visible light, it appears as a rich blue world, bringing to mind the familiar colour of Earth as viewed from ...
University of Hawaii

Sharks, rays, chimaeras further threatened by deep-sea mining

Reading time: 2 minutes Pygmy Shark, the world’s second smallest shark species. (Photo credit: Blue Planet Archive / Masa Ushioda) The habitat of 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, also called ...