Deep-sea rarities and ships full of other new species: the best scientific images of June0

• SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
• July 6, 2026

Oddities of the deep sea. An invertebrate known as a siphonophore swims 552 meters deep in the tropical South Atlantic Ocean and is one of 31 species discovered during a deep-sea expedition off the coast of Brazil. The researchers explored the mid-ocean, an area that extends from just below the sunlit surface to the sea