New Deep-Sea Robot Will Help Us Explore Oceans Throughout the Solar System

Named for the Ancient Greek god of the Underworld, the Hadal Zone is the pitch-black part of our oceans below 6,000 meters. Now, imagine a fleet of robots able to roam freely in the parts of the ocean that have been almost impossible for humans to reach, and bring back what they see: such as lifeforms that can survive with zero sunlight, very little nutrition, under pressure that could crush a car. OceanX’s research vessel #Alucia took engineers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and NASA’s Jet Propu