A years-long mystery about a shiny blob found at the bottom of the ocean has finally been solved.
When the strange golden orb was discovered on a deep-sea dive in Alaska waters in 2023, marine biologists were stumped. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Seascape Alaska 5 expedition came across the smooth, soft object stuck tightly to a rock about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Using a suction attachment, the remotely operated vehicle brought the object to the surface for further study on the ship waiting above, the Okeanos Explorer. But even upon closer examination, they couldn't identify it.
