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Mars’ Valles Marineris stretches nearly a quarter of the way around the planet’s equator. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona) QUICK FACTS What it is: Candor Chasma, a large canyon on Mars Where it is: Valles Marineris, the biggest canyon network in the solar system When it was shared: Aug. 14, 2025 Mars has a huge network of canyons that stretches …

About 500 million years ago, the Grand Canyon was a great sea, and among the creatures it harbored was a newly discovered type of penis worm, armed with many rings of teeth. Penis worms are marine creatures with a distinctly phallic appearance. There are more than 20 known species living across the world’s oceans today, as well as a number …

Evacuation orders were lifted Friday evening in parts of Southern California as firefighters battling the Canyon Fire made progress taming the blaze. The fire has scorched an estimated 5,370 acres and was 47% contained Saturday night, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). The evacuation orders, which affected thousands of residents in Ventura County and …

The 5,370-acre Canyon Fire burning near Lake Piru in Ventura County and Los Angeles County is now 28% contained, according to the fire department. The 5,370-acre Canyon Fire burning near Lake Piru in Ventura County and Los Angeles County — fueled by bone-dry brush and extreme heat — is now 28% contained, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. …

Firefighters Friday were trying to make progress after the Canyon fire exploded to nearly 5,000 acres, forcing residents in northern Los Angeles and Ventura counties to evacuate. “We’re trying to build a box around this fire and put it out before it gets into any of the potential communities that are currently under evacuation orders,” said Ventura County Fire Department …

Canyon Fire explodes to nearly 5,000 acres in Southern California  The Washington Post Parts of Los Angeles evacuated as Canyon Fire explodes to nearly 5,000 acres  FOX Weather Rapidly spreading brush fire prompts evacuations for thousands in California  The Guardian Canyon Fire: Fast-moving brush fire burning near Lake Piru in Ventura County; officials monitoring evacuation orders  ABC7 Los Angeles Canyon Fire in Ventura County …

Photos: Fast-moving Canyon Fire forces thousands to evacuate in LA, Ventura counties  Axios Rapidly spreading brush fire prompts an evacuation order for thousands north of Los Angeles  CNN Canyon Fire: Evacuation Orders Issued In Parts Of Ventura And LA Counties  Forbes Evacuations ordered for fast-burning Canyon Fire near Ventura, L.A. county border  KTLA Southern California wildfire grows from 50 acres to over 1,000 acres …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Los Angeles AP  —  A brush fire in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles ignited and spread quickly Thursday, forcing thousands of evacuations. The Canyon Fire ignited around 1:30 p.m., growing to over 2.3 square miles in five hours, according to Ventura County emergency response. It remained zero percent contained late Thursday afternoon and was …

UPDATED with the latest: By 8 p.m, the fast-moving Canyon Fire in Castaic north of Los Angeles had scorched 1,700 acres. With homes threatened, containment was still at 0%. Thousands of residents were under Evacuation Orders. By sunset, Evacuation Warnings had been expanded to the east of the fire to the edge of the 5 Freeway, the main artery leading …

A rapidly growing wildfire straddling the Ventura-Los Angeles county line Thursday afternoon triggered evacuations in and around Piru and Castaic amid a major heat wave that officials warned could foster extreme fire growth and behavior. The Canyon fire was initially reported to be about 30 acres, but within about two hours that estimate jumped to over 1,000 acres, according to …