The energy to produce the grand canyons on the Moon is about 130 times larger than the energy in the global inventory of ...

Now, scientists believe that they have figured it out. Two huge canyons scored into the surface of the Moon were created in ...

New research finds an ancient asteroid strike carved out two grand canyons on the moon's far side.

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 ...

They were dug out by debris sent violently aloft when an asteroid or comet struck the lunar surface 3.8 billion years ago.

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

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.

Using energy greater than the global nuclear weapons inventory, an impact event carved two grand canyons into the moon’s ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the Moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

Last year, a study led by planetary scientist Richard Cartwright at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in ...