Unveiling the Grand Canyons of the Moon

Two Immense Canyons Discovered on the Far Side of the Moon

Artistic rendering of astronauts standing on the edge of the Vallis Schrödinger canyon. Credit: Lunar and Planetary Institute/Michael Carroll.

In a significant discovery, a team of scientists at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), an institute of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), found that two immense canyons hidden in the lunar f…