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The moon has its own Grand Canyon that was created in just 10 minutes
Two such lunar canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, stretch over 270 km (168 miles) each, with depths of 2.7 km ...
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...
The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye
The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.
Ancient Asteroid Smashed Into The Moon Carving Out Grand Canyon-Sized Craters, Study Says
Researches have determined that ejecta from an ancient asteroid. strike carved out the grand canyons (Vallis Schrödinger and ...
Grand Canyons on the Moon Were Made in a Matter of Minutes
Scientists proposed an explanation for the formation of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck near the lunar south pole, which ...
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Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
For comparison, it took 5 million to 6 million years for water to erode the landscape of Arizona to create the Grand Canyon ... “The Schrödinger crater is similar in many regards to the ...
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How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...
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Bullet-fast moon rocks carved 2 lunar gorges deeper than the Grand Canyon
The lunar canyons Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck are extraordinarily deep, and scientists now know the valleys were ...
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Moon's grand canyons
The Grand Canyon ... that is Tycho Crater. "On a clear, clear night, Tycho, which is a little bit below the equator, has beautiful white rays," says Kring. "Those white rays are the same phenomenon, ...