How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon
Scientists estimate the asteroid that produced these canyons about 3.8 billion years ago was 15 miles across. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...
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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 ...
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The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye
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. That's ...
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The Moon's epic ‘grand canyons' were gouged out in 10 minutes by impacts
Each year, millions of visitors marvel at the geological intricacy and beauty of the vast chasm of the Grand Canyon carved through the Arizona desert by 5 million years of water erosion. It is ...