The enigmatic dwarf planet has been throwing up no shortage of surprises over the last few years.
Frenchman Jean-Jacques Savin achieved the ambitious ocean crossing in his custom barrel-shaped capsule.
It turns out that there are many times more marine viruses in the world's oceans than previously thought.
Researchers have captured footage of a remarkable, previously unseen type of jellyfish deep beneath the sea.
Scientists have determined how sea creatures living in the depths of the polar oceans become so enormous.
A directional microphone system in the Indian Ocean may have recorded the doomed airliner going down.
Despite global warming, the bottom of the Pacific Ocean is still cooling thanks to a centuries-old cold spell.
An Outer Banks fisherman recently captured footage of some mysterious lights hovering over the ocean.
The 180 million-year-old specimen was originally discovered at Holzmaden quarry in Germany.
A type of deep-sea cucumber with a very unusual name has been filmed in the Southern Ocean for the first time.
A deep sea research vessel has discovered a chain of underwater mountains that are teeming with life.
Scientists exploring one of the deepest parts of the ocean have discovered three new species of snailfish.
Scientists have identified a 500-mile-long ocean corridor used by large numbers of sharks and other animals.
Italian architecture firm Lazzarini Design Studio is looking to construct entire neighborhoods that float in the ocean.
The out-of-control space station has finally come down in the Pacific Ocean after months of uncertainty.
New laboratory experiments have added support to the idea that microbes could be living on Saturn's icy moon.
Just like the oceans here on Earth, Titan's hydrocarbon seas and lakes lie at an average elevation.
Scientists now believe that the ocean of Enceladus has been around long enough for life to have evolved there.
Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of an 18ft sea monster dating back to the Jurassic Era.
Planetary scientist Alan Stern has suggested that some civilizations may live below a planet's surface.