When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. View of two grand canyons on the moon radiating from the Schrödinger impact basin near the lunar ...

The moon's south pole has dramatic terrain. A new study reveals that this region — already known for mountains taller than Everest — also harbors canyons deeper than the Earth’s Grand Canyon. Insights ...

If you've seen photos of the far side of the moon, specifically of two long canyons within what is called the Schrödinger basin and wondered what created them, look no further—researches have ...

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Billions of years ago, an asteroid or comet struck the Moon, creating two huge canyons in just minutes. This discovery has ...

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 ...

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 10 minutes. About the ...

Using energy greater than the global nuclear weapons inventory, an impact event carved two grand canyons into the moon’s surface, and the asymmetrical distribution could clear the way for future lunar ...