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 ...

Rare fossils found along the Colorado River 'give us a fuller picture of what life was like during the Cambrian period,' says ...

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 ...

Kent Hovind claims the Grand Canyon was formed rapidly by a single global flood. The problem is that this explanation ignores ...

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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 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Grand Canyon, carved out over the eons by rushing river water, began to form 17 million years ago, making it nearly three times older than previously thought, scientists ...

(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 ...