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Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes
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 research team behind the latest report, however, was able to analyze images of the massive geological features using photos and elevation data captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been circling the moon since 2009. The study authors estimate it was more than 700 times greater than the total yield of nuclear explosion tests conducted by the United States, the former Soviet Union and China. Noah Petro, NASA project scientist for both the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Artemis III, which aims to land humans on the moon for the first time since 1972, believes the paper presents a nice hypothesis for how the canyons were formed.
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