Researches have determined that ejecta from an ancient asteroid. strike carved out the grand canyons (Vallis Schrödinger and ...

The vast valleys of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck demonstrate the incredible forces that shaped the face of the Moon.

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

The lunar canyons Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck are extraordinarily deep, and scientists now know the valleys were ...

Now, scientists believe that they have figured it out. Two huge canyons scored into the surface of the Moon were created in ...

A new study suggests the craters were dug out by rocky debris after the lunar surface was struck around 3.8 billion years ago ...

"Whereas Arizona’s Grand Canyon was carved by water over the last 5 to 6 million years and from integrated paleocanyons that ...

This research helps us understand the violent nature of cosmic collisions and their role in shaping planetary landscapes. By ...

Using energy greater than the global nuclear weapons inventory, an impact event carved two grand canyons into the moon’s ...

About the canyons: 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 ...

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

Insights from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have uncovered that gigantic canyons were carved in mere minutes by floods ...