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Friday, 5 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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Aurora
Australians prefer to use the more accessible term - "southern lights" instead of Aurora Australis.
Silver
The largest silver producer in Europe is Poland.
The Lower Silesian copper and silver deposits, exploited by KGHM Polska Miedź, were in second place ...
Graphene
Scientific research has shown that graphene destroys cancer cells.
By adhering to cancer cells, it creates a thin layer around them, which cuts off oxygen and nutrients. This ultimately leads to the death of cancer cells.
Phobos
Phobos is a very small moon. Its dimensions are 26.8 x 21 x 18.4 km.
Cosmos
The largest crater in the Solar System is located on the surface of Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon.
The crater has a diameter of 15.600 kilometers and was discovered on 7th August 2020. So far it has not been named.
Mushrooms
The mushroom called Entoloma hochstetteri is a mushroom with a blue fruiting body color.
Its image is featured on the back of a New Zealand 50-dollar note from 2002.
Moon
The Moon always faces the Earth with the same side.
This is because our natural satellite is in synchronous rotation with the Earth. A long time ago, th ...
Moon
The Moon's atmosphere consists of 25 percent helium, 25 percent neon, 23percent hydrogen, 20 percent argon and residual amounts of methane, ammonia and carbon dioxide.
Amber
The majority of amber in use is between 30 to 90 millions years old.
Titan
Its surface is highly geologically diverse.
It is covered in lighter and darker areas: seas, lakes, bays, islands, rivers, canals, mountain ridges, valleys, fjords, and dunes.