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Scientists have uncovered the deepest-living fish ever recorded—a gelatinous, scaleless snailfish thriving over 26,000 feet in the crushing darkness of the Mariana Trench. This “ghostly snailfish” defies previous limits of life in Earth’s hadal zone, surviving extreme pressure, freezing temps, and total blackness. Researchers, using specialized gear, are now unraveling its genetics and physiology to unlock secrets of extreme adaptation—possibly even informing how life might exist beyond Earth. This discovery underscores just how much remains hidden in our planet’s unexplored deep oceans.

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