A strange, mound-shaped object was found at the bottom of the ocean in 2023, and scientists had no idea what it was.

Scientists have solved the mystery of a "golden orb" found thousands of feet underwater by researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association in 2023, the agency said on Wednesday.

According to new research findings released Wednesday by the NOAA, the mysterious golden orb is “a remnant of the dead cells that formed at the base of a giant deep-sea anemone, Relicanthus daphneae. ...