The origin of the Moon has fascinated scientists for decades. The most widely accepted theory suggests that the Moon formed ...

Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...

Scientists proposed an explanation for the formation of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck near the lunar south pole, which ...

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that ...

The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.

Two gargantuan canyons on the moon were carved by a hailstorm of rocks — and that’s good news for future lunar astronauts.

Roughly 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun was born from the gas and dust of a nebula that underwent gravitational collapse. The ...

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

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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 ...