The origin and purpose for these mysterious holes first spotted 18 years ago is unknown.
On July 23rd, scientists drove remote-controlled vehicle in an unexplored area of the Atlantic Ocean when, as The New York Times said, they saw sets of holes on the ocean floor. Around a week later, they saw four more sets where underwater tectonic plates met at the Azores Plateau.
Scientists think that the holes were made by an organism living in the deep sea. “The origin of the holes has scientists stumped,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Twitter. “The holes look human made, but the little piles of sediment around them suggest they were excavated by… something.”
Michael Vecchione, a deep sea biologist from NOAA, claims that the holes are important and that there are still many mysteries to be solved. The New York Times says that an expedition called Journey to the Ridge 2022 will study the deep sea where the holes were spotted and that scientists hope for answers there.
People on social media have contributed ideas from submarine tracks to aliens, but Vecchione and Odd Aksel Bergstad, a former researcher for the Institute of Marine Research in Norway, said in a paper that the holes may have been made by a creature digging down from the surface or digging up from underground.
Deep Discoverer, the remote-controlled vehicle, collected samples of the sediment near the holes on its fourth dive in hopes of identifying organisms, but none have been revealed so far. The New York Times claims that the last dive of the Deep Discoverer will be livestreamed, and then on Aug. 7, the third part of the expedition will commence.
On July 23rd, scientists drove remote-controlled vehicle in an unexplored area of the Atlantic Ocean when, as The New York Times said, they saw sets of holes on the ocean floor. Around a week later, they saw four more sets where underwater tectonic plates met at the Azores Plateau.
Scientists think that the holes were made by an organism living in the deep sea. “The origin of the holes has scientists stumped,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Twitter. “The holes look human made, but the little piles of sediment around them suggest they were excavated by… something.”
Michael Vecchione, a deep sea biologist from NOAA, claims that the holes are important and that there are still many mysteries to be solved. The New York Times says that an expedition called Journey to the Ridge 2022 will study the deep sea where the holes were spotted and that scientists hope for answers there.
People on social media have contributed ideas from submarine tracks to aliens, but Vecchione and Odd Aksel Bergstad, a former researcher for the Institute of Marine Research in Norway, said in a paper that the holes may have been made by a creature digging down from the surface or digging up from underground.
Deep Discoverer, the remote-controlled vehicle, collected samples of the sediment near the holes on its fourth dive in hopes of identifying organisms, but none have been revealed so far. The New York Times claims that the last dive of the Deep Discoverer will be livestreamed, and then on Aug. 7, the third part of the expedition will commence.
