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Scientists Discover 'Dark Oxygen' on the Ocean Floor Generated—Surprisingly—by Lumps of Metal (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You missed the most interesting part: Nobody knows where the energy is coming from yet. The fact it stops after being after the surface for a while suggests lifeforms are involved in some way.