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It's hard to turn away from a picture of the Cat's Eye Nebula, even if you've seen it dozens of times. It may be the most visually compelling planetary nebula out there, with its billowing, layered shrouds and its intricate structure. NASA and the ESA have combined images of the Cat's Eye from the Euclid and Hubble space telescopes for a fresh look at a favourite and historical cosmic object.

More than 80 years ago, the USS Yorktown took a pair of torpedo hits from the Japanese submarine I-168 and slipped to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. She came to rest nearly three miles down, taking 141 of her crew with her. The rest of her story—the Coral Sea, the improbable 72-hour repair at Pearl Harbor, the strikes that sent three Japanese carriers to the bottom at Midway—is well documented. What wasn’t as well-documented was the massive mural painted somewhere deep in her guts, a mural that depicted the ship’s entire story. It hadn’t been seen since the ship went down in June 1942.That all changed. In April 2025, NOAA Ocean Exploration researchers completed the first full imaging of “A Chart of the Cruises of the USS Yorktown,” a hand-painted mural stretching 42 feet long and 12 feet tall, covering the wall of one of the ship’s elevator shafts. The sailor who painted it picked a strange canvas, but it somehow remains preserved under the waves a full eight decades later. The mural is a world map tracing the Yorktown’s voyages from her commissioning in 1937, right up to the moment she was torpedoed in 1942. Landmasses are in blue, oceans in white, the whole thing framed in a border of aircraft propellers. It’s a pictorial history of deployments, operations, and the corners of the globe the ship and her crew reached together.Unfortunately, nobody signed it. Historians believe it was painted by a crew member. Nothing commissioned, nothing official, just someone with a little talent and a lot of pride with something to say about his ship.The mural wasn’t a secret; it was meant to be seen. World War II photographs showed pieces of it. But the full picture had been sealed in darkness three miles down ever since the ship was sunk. NOAA’s remotely operated vehicles changed that, capturing complete images for the first time since the carrier went down. Top Stories History An Army pilot shot three times during the Maduro Raid just received the Medal of Honor By Blake Stilwell Military News Lessons Learned: How Iran was able to bruise the US Navy’s 5th Fleet By Adam Gramegna Military News How Kuwait’s air defenses downed three American F-15 Strike Eagles By Adam Gramegna Sitting 5,000 meters below the surface, the colors are still vibrant. The outlines are crisp. A few rust streaks have crept down the steel walls over time, but the mural itself looks like someone could still be standing in front of it, pointing to a spot on the map and talking about what happened there. The Battle of Midway is studied for American intelligence successes and U.S. Navy heroics. It was a stunning early victory that needed broken codes, an ambush, and the improbable reversal of fortune that finally stopped Japan’s advance. The Yorktown’s role is usually framed in those terms. She was the ship the Japanese didn’t know about, the phantom carrier that ultimately cost them the battle.But Yorktown was more than a warship; she was a little floating world, and the mural is a reminder that the vessel was home to thousands of men who lived, worked, and built something that felt like home. Someone took the time to paint a 42-foot map because the journey was important to those men aboard. USS Yorktown with the “A Chart of the Cruises of USS Yorktown” mural behind the band during the Yorktown Jamboree on April 10, 1942. (Naval History and Heritage Command) NOAA also documented aircraft preserved inside the wreck and, in what has to be the most unexpected finding of any deep-sea expedition, a 1940–41 Ford Super Deluxe “Woody” station wagon stored in the hangar deck. Today, a 3D model of the mural is available through NOAA Ocean Exploration. You can see the whole thing without disturbing a single rivet of the ship where it lives. It’s still down there in the dark, just a time capsule under the waves. It’s a map of where they’d been, painted by someone who wanted to make sure it wasn’t forgotten. You can still watch the entire dive, annotated and clickable directly to the mural at the Ocean Networks Canada Dive Log. 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The United States Navy’s submarine service is easily the most powerful ever fielded in the history of submarine warfare.Consisting of Los Angeles, Seawolf, Virginia, and Ohio-class boats, this all-nuclear force is silent and deadly, prowling the world’s waterways without anybody the wiser.Related: Why America’s World War II torpedoes were horribleWhile the unlimited range and the quiet, very stealthy nature of these combat vessels makes them incredibly dangerous, their armament plays the biggest part in making them the most lethal killing machines traversing the oceans today. Next-Level Torpedoes The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Jonas Ingram sinks on July 23, 1988, during the first live fire test of the Mark 48 ADCAP torpedo. (U.S. Navy) Every American submarine in service is armed with the Mark 48 Advanced Capability torpedo, the latest and greatest in underwater warfare technology. These “fish” are designed to give submarine commanders a flexible tool that can destroy enemy vessels or serve as remote sensors. They extend the operational capabilities of submarines far beyond what they inherently can do while on patrol.As you can probably tell, these next-level torpedoes have undergone a considerable evolution from their predecessors of decades past.Advanced on-board computers, propulsion systems, and explosives combine within the frame of the Mark 48 to make it a one-shot, one-kill solution for every American submarine commander serving today. Unparalleled Accuracy Like many weapons fielded on modern battlefields, the Mark 48 ADCAP is “smart,” meaning it can function autonomously with a high degree of efficiency and effectiveness, allowing for unparalleled accuracy.When fired in anger, the Mark 48 rushes to its target using a pump-jet propulsor that can push the torpedo to speeds estimated to be above 50 mph underwater, though the actual stats are classified.The high speeds were originally a major requirement to allow American subs to chase down fast-moving Soviet attack submarines, which were also capable of diving deep and out of range, thanks to reinforced titanium pressure hulls. The Mark 48 is initially guided by the submarine that deploys it through a thin trailing wire connected to the boat’s targeting computers and sensors. Upon acquiring its target, the wire is cut and the torpedo’s internal computers take over, guiding the underwater weapon home with precision. What Happens if the Mark 48 Misses Its Target? This is what happens when a torpedo hits its mark. (Wikimedia Commons) ​​In days past, when torpedoes missed their target, they would likely keep swimming on until exhausting their fuel supply, or until they detonated. That’s not the case with the Mark 48, however.When the Mark 48 misses its target, it doesn’t stop hunting. Instead, it circles around using its onboard computers to reacquire a lock and attempt a second attack.This time, it probably won’t miss. Detonating Directly Below the Keel Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia load a Mark 48 advanced capability torpedo for Exercise Agile Dagger 2021. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael B. Zingaro) When the Mark 48 reaches its target, that’s when all hell breaks loose. Though earlier torpedoes would be programmed to detonate upon impacting or nearing the hull of an enemy vessel, the Mark 48 takes a different path… literally.When attacking surface vessels, it travels below the keel of the ship, which is generally unprotected, detonating directly underneath. The massive pressure bubble that results from the gigantic explosion doesn’t just slice through the bulk of the target boat; it also literally lifts the ship out of the water and snaps the keel, essentially breaking its back.When attacking a submarine, it detonates in close proximity to the pressure hull of the enemy boat, corrupting it immediately with a massive shockwave. Once the Mark 48 strikes, it’s game over and the enemy ship’s crew, or at least whoever is left of them, will have just minutes to evacuate before their boat makes its way below the surface to Davy Jones’ locker. The Navy is in the process of exploring upgrades to the Mark 48, including diminishing the noise generated by its engine in order to make it nearly undetectable to its targets, and enhancing its in-built detection and targeting systems. Currently, the Navy fields the Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System variant of the Mark 48. It’s the seventh major upgrade the torpedo has undergone over its service history. Don’t Miss the Best of We Are The Mighty • Putin says Russia tested a new, nuclear-capable remote torpedo dubbed ‘Doomsday Machine’• Nuclear torpedoes are a ridiculously awesome thing• What does ‘Damn the Torpedoes’ mean anyway? Featured Navy This is what makes the Mark 48 one of the deadliest torpedoes ever built By Ian D'Costa History A sailor painted a 42-foot mural inside an aircraft carrier. The colors are still vivid 3 miles underwater, 80 years later. 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