What If: Science, Theory, and Possibilities

Aliens at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench


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The captain sounds the alarm. The waters around the ship rumble as strange lights from below move closer. Something is emerging from the Mariana Trench, and it doesn't belong on Earth. If aliens lived in the ocean's deepest place, how would they look and communicate? What might happen if we contact them?


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Timeline:

  • 00:00 - Aliens in Mariana Trench?
  • 00:39 - What lies deep within the ocean?
  • 02:11 - Translucent snailfish and sea cucumbers
  • 02:58 - What would aliens eat at the bottom of the ocean?
  • 04:38 - How would we notice the aliens?
  • 05:35 - Overwhelming pressure at the depths

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    00:00: Aliens in Mariana Trench?
    00:39: What lies deep within the ocean?
    02:11: Translucent snailfish and sea cucumbers
    02:58: What would aliens eat at the bottom of the ocean?
    04:38: How would we notice the aliens?
    05:35: Overwhelming pressure at the depths

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