China begins drilling a six-mile-deep scientific well named Shendi Take 1 to explore the depths of the Earth and its secrets.

A team of researchers has confirmed the discovery of the deepest known blue hole on the planet in the waters of Chetumal Bay, ...

Far from the open ocean trenches, divers in a shallow Mexican bay have found a vertical portal into the unknown. The Taam Ja’ ...

The Kola Superdeep Borehole was the USSR’s bold attempt to probe Earth’s crust during the Cold War, drilling over 12 km down for pure science. Engineers battled extreme heat, collapsing rock and ...

Imagine an object with gravity so powerful that nothing, not even light, can escape after falling in. Such a beast would be like an infinitely deep hole and utterly black. Someone should come up with ...