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Sunday, 7 December 2025
13 facts about Deimos
13 facts about Deimos
A smaller moon of Mars
Deimos is a smaller and more distant Martian moon. Its diameter is only 12.4 km, although it is difficult to talk about the diameter in the case of su ...

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Liver
The 10% of the liver is fat.
Exceeding that amount, which is called a fatty liver, may lead to type 2 diabetes, in consequence.
Fungi
Fungi have developed a high degree of metabolic versatility, which allows them to use a variety of organic substances for growth.
In some species, the pigment melanin may play a role in extracting energy from ionizing radiation such as gamma radiation.
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun.
It is also the first planet from the sun to have a natural satellite.
Titan
It was discovered on March 25th, 1655 by Danish astronomer Christiaan Huygens.
Huygens and his older brother began producing telescopes around 1650, and it was thanks to one of their devices they noticed Titan. It was the sixth discovered moon in the Solar System.
Titan
Most of the dunes are located near the equator.
They stretch for hundreds of kilometers, and their height reaches 100 meters. Unlike Earth’s, Titan’s dunes are made of organic compounds.
Aurora
It is believed that the aurora phenomenon may occur on all other extrasolar planets that have a magnetic field and a magnetosphere exposed to stellar winds.
The resolution of the telescopes does not make it possible to capture an image of this phenomenon, but the emission of radio waves accompanying the aurora can be detected using radio telescopes.
Silver
It is a silvery-white metal.
Its color misled gold seekers who, finding a gold nugget combined with a silvery metal, were mistake ...
Nicotine
Nicotine is well absorbed through the skin.
This fact is used in the fight against smoking addiction by using patches soaked in it. There are ca ...
Amber
The English word amber derives from the Arabic anbar.
Its ancient names(electrum in Latin and ēlektron in Ancient Greek) are derived from the Ancient Greek word ēlektōr, which means "shining sun".
NASA
In 1973 NASA launched the Skylab mission.
Its purpose was to set up the first American space station. Skylab successfully operated from May 14th, 1973 to July 11th, 1979, when it disintegrated into the atmosphere.