The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye
1 day ago · The two canyons, called Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, are located on the far side of the moon, so they can only be seen from orbit—not from Earth. Each canyon is over 165 miles long and ...
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon …
23 hours ago · Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object slammed into the moon 3.8 billion years ago. CNN values your feedback 1.
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon …
22 hours ago · Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
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2 days ago · While the Grand Canyon took millions of years to form, the two grand canyons on the Moon were carved in less than 10 minutes.” The impacting asteroid or comet likely hit the lunar surface with a speed of nearly 55,000 kilometers per hour (35,000 miles per hour).
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1 day ago · While the Grand Canyon took millions of years to form, the two grand canyons on the Moon were carved in less than 10 minutes.” The impacting asteroid or comet likely hit the lunar surface with a speed of nearly 55,000 kilometers per hour (35,000 miles per hour).
How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon
1 day ago · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side.. That’s good news for scientists and NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing side untouched by that impact and containing older rocks in …
2 Grand Canyon-size valleys on moon formed within 10 minutes ...
1 day ago · The extraordinary formations, each comparable in size to Earth’s Grand Canyon, are hidden on the far side of the moon — the side that always faces away from Earth — near the lunar south pole ...
Grand Canyons on the Moon Were Made in a Matter of Minutes
1 day ago · Two canyons near the south pole of the moon rival the Grand Canyon, both in depth and length. Unlike the sinuous chasm in Arizona, the two lunar canyons, known as Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis ...
The moon’s two grand canyons formed in less than 10 minutes
1 day ago · A giant impact 3.8 billion years ago sent a curtain of rock flying away from a point near the moon’s south pole. When that curtain fell, its rocks plunged up to 3.5 kilometers into the lunar ...
The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye
2 days ago · 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. That's because these two canyons formed in the wake of an asteroid or comet smashing into the moon, a crash that sent streaks of rocky debris flying at incredible speeds, according to a new analysis in the ...