A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.

However, a satellite designed by NASA and CNES has just unveiled the details with unprecedented precision. The SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite, launched in December 2022, has ...

With the help of a powerful satellite called SWOT ... used the data to create a hyper-detailed, high-resolution map of the ocean floor. In fact, it's twice the resolution of previous ocean ...

Most seafloor map images are derived from satellite altimetry, which measures height variations of the ocean's surface. Scientists use this information to make inferences about seafloor features ...

A new satellite has mapped Earth's ocean floors ... With a 5-mile (8 kilometers) resolution and 21-day path covering most of the planet, just one year of data from SWOT gives a clearer picture ...