Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
Two of the Moon’s Grand Canyons Were Formed in Just Ten Violent Minutes, New Study Suggests
Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...
NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures First Starfield Images From Deep Space
NASA’s Europa Clipper is well on its way to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, set to arrive in 2030. While its science instruments ...
Space on MSN7d
Bullet-fast moon rocks carved 2 lunar gorges deeper than the Grand Canyon
Credit: NASA\SVS\Ernie T. Wright Two gigantic canyons on the moon ... generating maps from these images of the moon's surface ...
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission Unveils High-Resolution Moon Landing Test Images
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 is making strides toward the Moon, with NASA’s SCALPSS 1.1 successfully capturing ...
USA Today4d
Trump sends moon rock back to NASA that had been displayed in White House since 2021
A moon rock signifying NASA's lunar ambitions had adorned Joe ... the iconic Apollo missions has been noticeably absent. Recent photos of Trump at his desk show that the moon rock has been removed ...
Space on MSN5d
NASA's Europa Clipper snaps its 1st starry image en route to Jupiter's icy moon
This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, created from three shots the solar-powered orbiter captured in December of ...
ScienceAlert7d
10 Minutes of Violence Gave The Moon Its Very Own 'Grand Canyons'
Arizona's magnificent Grand Canyon is painstaking result of the Colorado River's current wearing away the planet's surface ...