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A strange object known as the "golden orb" puzzled scientists and captured public attention after it was collected during a 2023 NOAA expedition. More than two years later, researchers have finally identified what it is.
The unusual golden mass, discovered at a depth of 3,250 meters (over 2 miles) in the Gulf of Alaska, turned out to be the remains of dead tissue from a giant deep-sea anemone called Relicanthus daphneae. Specifically, it was part of t...
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