This incredible natural waterway was one of the few sea routes between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans before the ...

Back in 1520, Ferdinand Magellan called it the 'Pacific' because the waters seemed calm when he first saw them. But despite the peaceful name, commercial flights usually avoid this vast ocean.

Researchers have discovered an "unexpected" accumulation of the radioactive isotope beryllium-10, deep underneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The team hopes their discovery could serve as an ...

O n March 6, 1521, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his Spanish crew landed in Guam in the Marianna chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean. The crew was starving and suffering from ...

Aboard Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage of 1519 to 1522 ... He made it across the newly-minted Pacific Ocean and, in doing so, ...