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Deep Beneath the Caribbean, Scientists Sent a Robot Into the Cayman Trough and Found Something They Never Expected

Three miles beneath the Caribbean Sea, a deep-sea robot stumbled upon a world of smoking black chimneys and waters hotter than 400°C, and life was thriving in all of it. The find came during an exploration of the Cayman Trough, an underwater trench situated off the coast of the Cayman Islands. Scientists deployed a remotely operated vehicle, commonly referred to as an ROV, to study the area, and what it returned with... [3989 chars]

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