Galapagos

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A vibrant community of deep-sea life, including tube worms, thrives around a superheated hydrothermal vent spewing minerals in the crushing darkness of the ocean floor.

Exploration & Discovery

What Are Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents and Life's Origins?

In 1977, an expedition near the Galápagos Islands unveiled a world previously unimagined.

Samuel Adebayo·August 5, 2026