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Friday, 17 July 2026
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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Silver
Silver is a metal slightly harder than gold.
It is a very ductile and malleable metal with a shiny luster and can be easily polished.
Liver
The liver can regenerate.
If only as much as 25% of the organ remains, it regenerates to the original size within a few weeks. This is why the liver makes a great donation organ.
Mushrooms
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.
Cosmos
The Solar System is located at a distance of 28.000 light years from the center of the Milky Way.
It orbits around the galactic center of gravity at a speed of 268 km/s. It takes about 230 million y ...
Anorexia Nervosa
Treatment of anorexia nervosa includes three main areas.
Restoring the sufferer to a healthy weight Treating the mental disorders associated with the illness Reducing or eliminating the behaviors or thoughts that originally led to the eating disorder
Titan
The average temperature on its surface is -179.2 degrees Celsius.
Due to the dense atmosphere and its distance from the Sun, only 1% of the amount of light that reach ...
Aurora
The greatest intensity of auroras occurs at maximum solar activity - this happens every eleven years.
Then you can observe auroras also in Europe.
Fungi
Mycelium can become visible to the naked eye, for example, on various surfaces and substrates, such as damp walls, spoiled food, etc.
Mycelia, grown on solid surfaces, are called colonies. Some individual colonies can reach extraordin ...
Earth
The lowest point on our planet is the Mariana Trench.
The depth of the trench located in the Pacific Ocean at its lowest point is 10.924 m below sea level ...
NASA
President John F. Kennedy set NASA a goal—to send men to the Moon, and bring them back home safely.
NASA responded to Kennedy’s famous speech, known as “We Choose the Moon,” with the Apollo program (1960-1972).