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  "path": "/briefs/scientists-identify-mysterious-golden-orb-found-in-gulf-of-alaska-in-2023/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T17:00:57.000Z",
  "site": "https://alaskabeacon.com",
  "tags": [
    "Economy & Environment",
    "Gulf of Alaska",
    "mapping",
    "National Oceanic and Atmopsheric Administration",
    "NOAA Fisheries",
    "NOAA Ocean Explorer",
    "NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer",
    "sea anemone",
    "Seascape Alaska",
    "Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History"
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  "textContent": "When a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research project discovered a mysterious object more than two miles underwater in the Gulf of Alaska, scientists were puzzled. Three years later, NOAA officials can now reveal what the object is: the dead cells that formed the base of a big sea anemone. Scientists found the orb in […]",
  "title": "Scientists identify mysterious ‘golden orb’ found in Gulf of Alaska in 2023"
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