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.

NASA launched the satellite in late 2022 ... 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-floor maps.

A new Chinese satellite known as Fengyun-3E is using some ... Plenty of weather satellites broadcast their maps and data unencrypted on radio bands that anyone can access.

A new satellite has mapped Earth's ocean floors ... The data helped the team further refine maps of tectonic boundaries and ocean currents near coastal areas. "We're very interested in ...

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