According to researchers, every year the Pacific Ocean decreases in size by a few centimeters, and with depictions from a supercomputer, they expect a new continent will form in 200 to 300 million ...

A brilliant map showed just how big the Pacific Ocean is. The Ocean, which is around 32 percent of the planet’s total surface area and 46 percent of its water surface, covers 165.25 million ...

While the Theodore Roosevelt was sailing eastward in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, another U.S. aircraft carrier, USS George Washington, departed from San Diego on Tuesday and headed westward for Japan.

An international team of geologists and seismologists has created a refined map of Zealandia, the submerged continent beneath the Pacific Ocean. Using data from rock samples and seismic analysis ...

He added: “The resulting new supercontinent has already been named Amasia because some believe that the Pacific Ocean will close (as opposed to the Atlantic and Indian oceans) when America ...

The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS "Nimitz" launches an F/A-18E fighter jet while underway in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on March 27, 2025.

Australia is currently drifting toward Asia at a rate of about 7 centimeters (2.8 inches) per year, while Eurasia and the Americas move at slower rates toward the Pacific Ocean, said study ...

Wednesday’s launch marks the first time China has tested an ICBM over the Pacific Ocean in more than four decades. In 1980, China test-fired its first ICBM, the DF-5, into the South Pacific from ...

Cartographers typically map it by consulting other maps, including a time zone one published by the Central Intelligence Agency. But making a more granular version is complicated, Mr. Montenyohl said.