Looking up at the moon in the night sky, it’s difficult to grasp just how dramatic the topography of its surface really is.

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Two such lunar canyons, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, stretch over 270 km (168 miles) each, with depths of 2.7 km ...

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Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...

A new study explains how two deep canyons formed very quickly on the moon during an asteroid impact. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny ...

These older rocks can help shed light not only on the moon's origins, but also Earth's. Kring said it's unclear whether these two canyons are permanently shadowed like some of the craters at the ...

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.

This image provided by NASA shows a view from orbit looking obliquely across the surface of the moon, where an ancient asteroid strike carved out a pair of grand canyons on the moon’s far side.