How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on …
6 days ago · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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 scientists and NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing side untouched by that impact and containing older rocks in …
How an Asteroid Hit the Moon and Made Two 'Grand Canyons'
6 days ago · Kring added, "The impact ejected high-energy streams of rock that carved two canyons that are the size of Earth's Grand Canyon. While the Grand Canyon took millions of years to form, the two grand ...
The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye
6 days ago · Two grand canyons on the moon radiating from the Schrödinger impact basin, from a view that looks obliquely across the lunar surface, like an astronaut in an approaching spacecraft. The Grand...
How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on …
6 days ago · 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.
Asteroid Impact on Moon Blasted Two Grand Canyons in 10 …
6 days ago · An undated artistic rendering shows an asteroid or comet striking near the Moon's south pole about 3.8 billion years ago, an impact that carved out two large craters. ... The Grand Canyon in ...
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon …
6 days ago · 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. ... an asteroid or comet flew ...
Asteroid impact on moon blasted two grand canyons in 10 minutes
6 days ago · The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth's natural wonders, carved out over millions of years by the gradual erosion power of the Colorado River. ... "When the impacting asteroid or comet hit ...
Grand canyons on the Moon - Nature Communications
Feb 4, 2025 · The Schrödinger impact event carved two canyons on the moon comparable in size to the Grand Canyon of North America. The directions of those canyons imply little debris covers the > 4-billion ...
Grand canyons formed on moon in minutes after colossal asteroid …
6 days ago · Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that followed the initial one ... For comparison, the Grand Canyon in Arizona ...
A meteorite carved two valleys as deep as the Grand Canyon on …
6 days ago · Over 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the landing point, two valleys as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States open up. Now, a study has revealed that these two gigantic cracks were formed in just 10 minutes after the impact of a meteorite 25 kilometers in diameter (15.5 miles) some 3.8 billion years ago.