Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...

Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that ...

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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 may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At ...

If the scientists could very precisely measure the proportions of lutetium and halfnium in moon rocks compared to other ...

About 3.8 billion years ago, two massive canyons likely formed on the moon in a span of less than 10 minutes, according to new research. The extraordinary formations, each comparable in size to ...

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.

New research reveals that two massive lunar canyons, deeper than the Grand Canyon, were formed in under 10 minutes by intense ...