Researchers say an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand
5 days ago · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side. That’s good news ...
How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on …
6 days ago · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side.
The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye
6 days ago · Two grand canyons on the moon radiating from the Schrödinger impact basin, from a view that looks obliquely across the lunar surface, like an astronaut in an approaching spacecraft. The Grand...
Asteroid Impact on Moon Blasted Two Grand Canyons in 10 …
6 days ago · An undated artistic rendering shows an asteroid or comet striking near the Moon's south pole about 3.8 billion years ago, an impact that carved out two large craters. ... The Grand Canyon in ...
Asteroid impact on moon blasted two grand canyons in 10 minutes
6 days ago · New research indicates that these canyons, in an area called the Schrödinger impact basin on the side of the moon perpetually facing away from Earth, were dug out in a matter of less than 10 ...
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon …
5 days ago · Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object slammed into the moon 3.8 billion years ago. ... an asteroid or comet flew ...
Grand canyons formed on moon in minutes after colossal asteroid …
6 days ago · Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that followed the initial one ... For comparison, the Grand Canyon in Arizona ...
Grand canyons on the Moon - Nature Communications
6 days ago · The Schrödinger impact event carved two canyons on the moon comparable in size to the Grand Canyon of North America. The directions of those canyons imply little debris covers the > 4-billion ...
How an Asteroid Hit the Moon and Made Two 'Grand Canyons'
5 days ago · Two immense canyons on the moon's far side that rival Earth's Grand Canyon were produced by a cataclysmic collision nearly four billion years ago, according to new research published...
The Moon’s epic ‘grand canyons’ were gouged out in 10 minutes
6 days ago · The Moon’s epic ‘grand canyons’ were gouged out in 10 minutes by an asteroid strike. ... Today, the Grand Canyon reaches up to 18 miles (29 kilometers) wide and sinks more than a mile (1,857 ...