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 ...

The water pressure of a river can cut deep into a riverbed. Sediments from the riverbed are carried downstream, creating a deep, narrow channel. This process, known as downcutting, represents the ...

Billions of years ago, an asteroid or comet struck the Moon, creating two huge canyons in just minutes. This discovery has amazed scientists, showing how powerful space collisions can be and how ...

The Grand Canyon in Arizona got carved by water over millions of years of slow but steady erosion. Two similarly-sized canyons on the moon got carved by flying rocks in about ten minutes. That's ...

Steep-sided underwater canyons on the continental margin bordering the Pacific Ocean off the US West Coast (State of Washington). These geological features were formed by erosion processes on the ...

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The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes. The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye The Grand Canyon in Arizona ...

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