The Cambrian-age Tonto Group is a set of rocks famous for holding clues to the burst of new life that reshaped Earth 500 ...

North America's deepest gorge, Hells Canyon, which slithers along the border of Idaho and Oregon, is a surprisingly new ...

Though not as famous as Arizona's Grand Canyon, these seven spectacular ... and undergo a slightly different formation process. While erosion naturally plays a role in creating gorges as wind ...

And rather than being fully marine, these sequences were formed in a varied ... are a reminder that science is a process. He concluded: "Our work in the Grand Canyon—one of the world's most ...

two massive canyons likely formed on the moon in a span of less than 10 minutes, according to new research. The extraordinary formations, each comparable in size to Earth’s Grand Canyon ...

In the 19th century, many people believed that landscapes like the Grand Canyon were shaped by volcanoes and earthquakes. But one American geologist named John Newberry had different ideas.

Two giant lunar valleys, Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, formed in less than 10 minutes ... is a pair of valleys similar to the Grand Canyon in size. But while the Grand Canyon was etched ...

Unlike the sudden appearance of the Moon canyons, the Earth’s Grand Canyon formed over millions of years as the Colorado River gradually eroded through the rock. Using data from Nasa’s robotic ...

two massive canyons likely formed on the moon in a span of less than 10 minutes, according to new research. The extraordinary formations, each comparable in size to Earth’s Grand Canyon ...