High-tech research ship ready to seek new life at hydrothermal vents

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The Falkor (too), a 100-metre, state-of-the-art probe vessel, is scheduled to acceptable sail connected 3 March to look for hydrothermal vents and undiscovered organisms, perchance shedding airy connected however beingness whitethorn person arisen connected different planets

By Ashley Balzer Vigil

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1 March 2023

The probe   vas  Falkor (too)

The probe vas Falkor (too) volition caput to the mid-Atlantic ridge to question hydrothermal vents

Alex Ingle/Schmidt Ocean Institute

The astir precocious probe vas ever is astir to acceptable sail connected its inaugural 40-day ngo to look for never-before-seen creatures successful the deep sea and shed airy connected however beingness whitethorn person arisen elsewhere successful the universe.

The 110-metre-long vessel Falkor (too), antecedently called the Polar Queen and dedicated to offshore industry, has undergone a 17-month refit to platform it retired with technological equipment.

The vessel is owed to depart from San Juan, Puerto Rico, …

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