This research helps us understand the violent nature of cosmic collisions and their role in shaping planetary landscapes. By ...
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Two gorges on the moon that are deeper than the Grand Canyon were carved out in less than 10 minutes by space rocks travelling at the speed of a bullet, astronomers have revealed. The moon canyons, ...
The moon's Schrödinger impact basin near the south pole holds two grand canyons formed by an enormous asteroid collision 3.8 ...
The gigantic cataclysm, which released energy 130 times more powerful than the detonation of the entire world’s atomic ...
Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...
New research reveals that two massive lunar canyons, deeper than the Grand Canyon, were formed in under 10 minutes by intense ...
A colossal impact billions of years ago carved out the canyons that rival the most breathtaking features here on Earth in a matter of minutes, ...
The energy to produce the grand canyons on the Moon is about 130 times larger than the energy in the global inventory of ...
About the canyons: 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 ...
The vast valleys of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck demonstrate the incredible forces that shaped the face of the Moon.
Projectiles flying faster than bullets from a blast 130 times bigger than the global nuclear stockpile helped form giant lunar canyons, according to a new study.