A canyon is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides. Here on Earth, canyons are typically formed by long-term erosion from rivers or tectonic activity. But on the moon, where there’s no ...

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 ...

This story appears in the September 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. “If you break loose here, you can’t stop. You’re going into the abyss,” barks Rich Rudow. Normally he is ...

WASHINGTON and HOUSTON, Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a significant discovery, a team of scientists at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), an institute of the Universities Space Research ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — 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 for ...

After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which could limit the mission’s scientific accomplishments.

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The Moon will be completely covered by the Earth’s shadow and bathed in a reddish glow on the night of March 13 ...