The Grand Canyon in Arizona got carved by water over millions of years of slow but steady erosion. Two similarly-sized canyons on the moon got carved by flying rocks in about ten minutes.

"Nearly four billion years ago an asteroid or comet flew over the lunar south pole ... on the edge of the Vallis Schrödinger canyon on the moon. Artistic rendering of astronauts standing on ...

landed on the moon while still moving sideways. A landing leg broke and the spacecraft tipped over on its side, limiting the mission's scientific return. Intuitive's stock fell 20% in the wake of ...

But on the moon, where there’s no atmosphere, there’s another way to create a canyon: through an impact. Two such lunar canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, stretch over 270 km (168 ...

The total eclipse begins at 2:26 AM Friday and will last for a little over an hour. This is when the Moon will appear a reddish brown. A total lunar eclipse will delight stargazers on the night of ...

A dramatic photograph from Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander shows it touched down Thursday in a crater near the lunar south pole and tipped over on its side. Given a low sun angle and the ...

Unlike the sudden appearance of the Moon canyons, the Earth’s Grand Canyon formed over millions of years as the Colorado River gradually eroded through the rock. Using data from Nasa’s robotic ...

“Nearly four billion years ago, an asteroid or comet flew over the lunar south ... Arizona to create the Grand Canyon. The ...

"The streams of rock were far more energetic than the river of water, which is why the lunar canyons were produced in minutes and the Grand Canyon produced over millions of years." — Moon rock ...

“Nearly four billion years ago, an asteroid or comet flew over the lunar south ... Arizona to create the Grand Canyon. The celestial object that plowed into the moon likely hit with a speed ...