Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object slammed into the moon 3.8 billion years ago.

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 miles long and ...

The moon's canyons stretch out from the Schrödinger impact basin, a 200-mile-wide (320 km) crater located near the moon's south pole, which was formed when a meteor slammed into the lunar surface.

The Schrödinger crater, located near the southern pole, is about 312 km (193 mile) wide and 4.5 kilometers (2.7 mile) deep. It was formed when an unknown object hit the Moon some four billion ...

Moon Grand Canyon carved out in less than 10 minutes by bullet-fast space rocks - Space rocks travelling as fast as a bullet ...

Moon Grand Canyon carved out in less than 10 minutes by bullet-fast space rocks. Space rocks travelling as fast as a bullet carved out 2.6km trench in lunar surface . Anthony Cuthbertson.

Two gigantic canyons on the moon — both deeper than the Grand Canyon — were carved in less than 10 minutes by floods of rocks traveling as fast as bullets, a new study finds.

The Grand Canyon on Earth might feel a little inadequate if it ever learns about Argo Chasma on Pluto's moon Charon. Charon is home to a canyon 185 miles (300 kilometers) ...

The space canyon is longer and deeper than the Grand Canyon. — -- Check out this space canyon! NASA's New Horizons sent back an image showing a "Super Grand Canyon" on Pluto's largest moon ...

Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object slammed into the moon 3.8 billion years ago.