this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
52 points (88.2% liked)

Astronomy

4339 readers
51 users here now

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
Sal@mander.xyz
52
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say (edition.cnn.com)
submitted 1 week ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/astronomy@mander.xyz
5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] adam_y@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"About 3.8 billion years ago" in case the title has you freaked.

[โ€“] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 1 week ago

Yeah, that was definitely some clickbait.

I would hazard to say that most major features of the moon created in the last couple billion years have done so in under 10 minutes.