Fri, 09/08/2023 - 10:01 Gizmodo Environment A team of researchers exploring the seafloor off Alaska last week recovered a peculiar brassy-yellow object at a depth of over 2 miles (3.2 kilometers). The researchers still don’t know what it is.Read more... Tags Environment, noaas okeanos explorer, remotely operated underwater vehicle, hydrothermal vent, submarine volcanoes, oceanography, explorer, noaas okeanos explorer gulf of mexico 2017 expedition, sam candio Source Scientists Stumped by ‘Golden Orb’ From Seafloor That's ‘Biological in Origin’