"Three-foot nemertean worms and carnivorous sea stars prowl the Antarctic in search of flesh..."
Giant deep sea jellyfish filmed in Gulf of Mexico
As we make small, timid steps in expanding our knowledge of the universe, the more it becomes clear that the pillars of reality are chaos, insanity and horror. And things that go "squish" in the night. Ai Ai Cthulhu Ph'Tagen!
"Three-foot nemertean worms and carnivorous sea stars prowl the Antarctic in search of flesh..."
"He explained: 'We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.'"
"The array has since been used to track many fascinating undersea events, such as whale migrations, earthquakes, ocean currents, volcanic activity , and the shifting of Antarctic ice. But one sound captured by the sensitive SOSUS hydrophones has scientists puzzled. It fits the profile of a living creature, but for a creature to create this sound it would have to be significantly larger than a blue whale, which is believed to be the largest animal ever to have lived."
"Kepler, the NASA mission manoeuvring to spot the first Earth-like extrasolar planet, is supposed to publicly release data in June for the 156,000 stars at which the orbiting telescope stares. But on Monday a NASA advisory panel recommended that Kepler be allowed to censor 400 'objects of interest'..."
"Pulled out of a briny, sulfurous hellhole 3.5 kilometers below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, the newfound creatures look like tiny cups with tentacles sticking out."