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Friday, 14 August 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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Aurora
In Finnish, the aurora is referred to as "revontulet, " which means "fox fire".
The name comes from the legend of an arctic fox that ran north, spreading its tail sparks of fire shining in the moonlight.
NASA
In July 1975, NASA launched a joint mission with the Soviet Union, called the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
The mission was a symbol of détente during the Cold War. Moreover, it was the last crewed U.S. spaceflight in a space capsule until 2020.
Tears
Babies can cry for up to three hours a day.
It is their way of communicating their needs, such as hunger, tiredness, or discomfort.
Cosmos
The Solar System is located in the Milky Way.
Our galaxy ranks rather average, its diameter is 100 to 120 thousand light years. Perhaps a unique f ...
Tears
There are three types of tears.
They are: Basal tears (protecting and nourishing cornea) Reflex tears (glands' reaction to irritating compounds, like smoke) Emotional tears (produced in response to various emotional states)
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.
Amber
It is made up of about 78% carbon, 10% hydrogen, and 11% oxygen.
NASA
The first NASA crewed Space Program was Project Mercury.
Although it is not well-remembered, it was the foundation for all space missions.
lava
Magma is found not only under the Earth's surface.
It has also been found on other rocky planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars) and some natural satellites (moons).
NASA
In 1997, NASA, in collaboration with ESA and ASI (Italy), launched the Cassini-Huygens space-research mission.
Commonly referred to as Cassini, its goal was to study Saturn, its rings, and natural satellites. Ca ...