A meteor may have led to the formation of the Grand Canyon, a new study has found. While many Americans are familiar with the Grand Canyon’s beauty and uniqueness, they may not be aware of the story ...

The King's Trough Complex is a several-hundred-kilometer-long, canyon-like system of trenches on the North Atlantic seafloor. Its formation was long thought to be the result of simple stretching of ...

New research suggests that the Grand Canyon was mostly formed only 5 or 6 million years ago, much more recently than previously suspected. A new study published in Nature Geoscience concludes that ...

WASHINGTON — Gazing into the majestic Grand Canyon, awe-struck visitors inevitably ask: ‘‘How old is it?’’ Far older than generally thought, says new evidence that scientists culled from caves lining ...

(CNN) — About 3.8 billion years ago, 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 ...

Geologists reach sites within the Grand Canyon that tell the story of the continent's formation. After four days of navigating the Grand Canyon, Karl and Laura arrive at the places that tell the story ...