About 35 million years ago, an asteroid struck the ocean off the East Coast of North America, leaving behind a massive impact ...

The far side of the Moon has its own versions of the Grand Canyon—two of them, in fact! A new study explains how these deep ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover is making history by collecting handpicked Martian samples for future return to Earth. Scientists are eager to study these specimens to unlock secrets about Mars’ ancient ...

NASA's Perseverance rover collects Martian soil samples from Jezero Crater, revealing potential signs of past life on Mars.

While you can’t hike to the top, several short trails offer stellar views of Sunset Crater. Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is a small park, and a convenient detour, on your way to or from ...

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

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

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

The Grand Canyon in Arizona got carved by water over millions of ... The amount of energy needed to produce these grand canyons on the moon is 1200–2200 times larger than "the nuclear explosion energy ...

The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth's natural wonders, carved out over millions of years by the gradual erosion power ...

Two giant canyons on the Moon were created in less than ten minutes, according to a new study analyzing clues about their formation. The findings could impact NASA's upcoming Artemis missions to the ...

The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.