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The moon has its own Grand Canyon that was created in just 10 minutes
A canyon is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides. Here on Earth, canyons are typically formed by long-term erosion from ...
Say hello to the moon in stunning footage as Blue Ghost enters lunar orbit
Aiming to be just the second ever commercial soft landing on the moon, the Blue Ghost mission has arrived in lunar orbit - ...
The International Space Station is hidden in this gorgeous photo of the moon. Can you spot it?
The space station and one other Easter egg — the site of NASA's next human moon landing — are hidden in this lucky photo.
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Crater-diving hopper 'Gracie' will launch to the moon aboard private Athena lander this month
The rocket-powered Gracie will conduct five hops during its short lunar stay, including one into the depths of a shadowy ...
A Direct Hit? New Study Redefines the Moon’s Largest Crater
Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...
Grand Canyons on the Moon Were Made in a Matter of Minutes
Scientists proposed an explanation for the formation of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck near the lunar south pole, which ...
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...
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NASA Is Sending a Water Hunter to the Moon, It'll Need Months to Get There
The Lunar Trailblazer satellite will depart at the end of the month on a mission to find and map water on the surface of the ...
The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye
The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.
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Bullet-fast moon rocks carved 2 lunar gorges deeper than the Grand Canyon
Two gigantic canyons on the moon — both deeper than the Grand Canyon — were carved in less than 10 minutes by floods of rocks ...
Moon on the Move: Surprising New Ridges Reveal Recent Activity
A new study has uncovered evidence that the moon is still geologically active, contradicting previous beliefs that its ...
Back to the Moon: A space lawyer and planetary scientist on what it will take to share the benefits of new lunar exploration – podcast
In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with two people – a planetary scientist who studies the geology of the Moon, and a space lawyer who studies space policy and geopolitics – about ...