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Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] 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.

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

that's what they want you to believe, they still haven't shown us the monolith

[–] BlippyTheWonderSlug@ieji.de 3 points 1 week ago

@fossilesque
It was Marvin, with a Deutonium Q-38 Space Modulator, from ACME. (obstructing his view of Venus)

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 1 points 1 week ago

Oh wow. I only have one crack in my backside.