These are the toughest holes in golf, including Augusta National’s 12th and Pebble Beach’s 8th. Looking for a challenge? Play these.

APM 08279-5255 is a massive black hole (quasar) that contains about 140 trillion times the amount in all of Earth’s oceans ...

That strange black triangle on Google Maps isn’t a hole - it’s Vostok Island, a remote Pacific spot with deadly trees and a ...

The pain inflicted on the American people as a result of Donald Trump's shutdown of the federal government is of little concern to Trump, but the political unpopularity of that pain certainly is.

Deep within the Indian Ocean lies an extraordinary feature that has puzzled scientists for over seven decades—the Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL). This vast “gravity hole,” the largest of its kind on ...

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has been quietly raising money for most of the five years that Peter de Menocal has been leading it. WHOI’s goal, set in anticipation of its centennial celebration ...

Earth carries an invisible ocean “water level” called the geoid. If only gravity and rotation shaped the oceans, the surface would match that geoid everywhere. However, south of India, the geoid sinks ...

The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists. Sea surface temperatures ...

WOODS HOLE — Over the holiday weekend, an underwater robot slipped into the Atlantic on what is set to be the longest unmanned glider mission in history — a pioneering moment some likened to the first ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The floor of the ocean off the coast of the Pacific Northwest has sprung a leak. The spring, known as Pythia’s Oasis, is likely venting water from ...

A first of its kind, circumnavigation of the globe by an unmanned, underwater autonomous robot glider named Redwing, is set to begin this week in Woods Hole. During its 3- to 5-year journey, Redwing ...